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When Illinois passed Amendment 1 in November to enshrine collective bargaining in the state constitution, we expected aggressive union action. Well, that was fast. Last week Prairie State lawmakers passed a bill authorizing collective bargaining among Chicago principals and assistant principals.
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Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
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Illinois paid the price for embracing Fauci’s “science.” Here’s the retrospective.
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This was coming whether Amendment 1 passed or not. Principals have been talking about unionizing for years. About a third of principals are organized nationally, mostly in large school districts. I say let them unionize and put stronger metrics in the contract.
Illinois public sector workers carnal depth of greed is bottomless. They know that they have spent a lifetime stealing from the real workers of Illinois – the taxpayers – so they have no shame and no conscience so why not steal even more? A lifetime of parasitic behavior will never end.
Their pension is already worth $5,000,000 plus why won’t they want more money.
These are the very same people that have put generations in debt.
No surprise here – they were waiting in the wings and pounced as soon as they could.