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.”
Nearly all of downtown office buildings will enter into foreclosure. And as the illegals and criminals and thugs fill the void, tenants will continue leaving too. The big name tenants who resigned leases or moved to better space in Class A buildings will soon enough regret their decision to re-commit to Chicago. Chicago survived the great Chicago fire, the Great Depression, the Great Migration and the Global Financial Crisis. But Chicago will not survive the triple whammy of Lori Lightfoot, COVID and Brandon Johnson. It’s lights out, game over for the loop.