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.”
It’s good news to the workers and the community. Not clear yet what the real costs are.
It’s still unclear how many Illinois & fed taxpayer $ bucks$ where promised to reopen Belvidere?
Quid Pro Qua on Gotion? Concerned since UAW has made no utterance on Gotion. Only people not at the table are the IL and American taxpayers.
Within the article it says “…the governor’s office to local and federal officials worked to put together an incentive package that Stellantis couldn’t walk away from” so, in true Crain’s form, the headline does not reflect 100% of the reality of the situation as it seems that Stellantis, a foreign corporation, is the one that is cashing in and not the State of Illinois.