The battle over tipping is accelerating in Chicago, where lawmakers could advance a new law as soon as Wednesday requiring restaurants to pay waitstaff the city’s standard minimum wage, regardless of how much they earn in gratuities. Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
May 8, 2024
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Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 5/4/2024.
Gov. JB Pritzker calls it “ethics” reform.
It’s rare to see city leaders in Chicago take an open, unabashed stance on the collapse of literacy. To complain is deemed as too political, too racist or too anti-public schools. So it’s refreshing to see Willie Wilson, a successful businessman and leader of the black community, call for a literacy initiative “with the goal of getting 100% of Black students reading at grade level.”
“Intererestingly”, Mr. Callahan’s resto in Evanston is closing, and very suddenly; the socialist Evanston government is on the “let’s do a livable wage!” spree for restaurants: https://evanstonroundtable.com/2023/10/03/local-restaurant-thomas-dutch-closing-after-just-6-months/ Local restaurant Thomas & Dutch closing after just 6 months by Duncan Agnew – October 3rd, 2023 “With little warning or fanfare, Callahan and Doherty announced their intention to close their doors for good less than six months after the rebrand. Customers with reservations beyond this coming Sunday started receiving cancellation calls on Monday, Oct. 2… A spokesperson for Farmheads Hospitality Group did not immediately respond to questions from the RoundTable on Tuesday… Read more »
This is just the first step in unionizing restaurant workers. You think the server averaging $30 an hour with tips working 20 hours a week wants to work for $20 an hour and no tips. This will cause a big reset in the Chicago restaurant scene. If you’re only skill is being a server and your pay just got cut you’re leaving Chicago for the burbs or another state. Now that they’ve gotten rid of the ones that would vote against unionization they’ll make their push restaurant group by restaurant group at unionizing. Note to any restaurant owners – don’t… Read more »
Hmm, $40 per hour tending bar? Old Joe needs to get a retirement gig at Callahans.