The law at stake is Illinois Public Act 103-0416, enacted August 2023. It prevents charter schools from actively opposing their teachers' efforts to unionize. "The act ... is a state regulatory measure that seeks to advance Illinois' chosen labor policies in direct contravention of the rights guaranteed to charter schools and their employees under the National Labor Relations Act," the charter school networks wrote in their 26-page complaint.
The US has implemented antitrust laws at state and federal levels designed to protect and promote competition within all sectors of the economy (The Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Clayton Act are the three pivotal laws in the history of antitrust regulation). The term “trust” in antitrust refers to a group of businesses that collude or monopolize to control pricing in a specific market. So, why does the Chicago Teachers Union have the exclusive authority to educate our children? The glaring disparities in our society often trace back to education. When children lack basic literacy, numeracy,… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The US has implemented antitrust laws at state and federal levels designed to protect and promote competition within all sectors of the economy (The Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Clayton Act are the three pivotal laws in the history of antitrust regulation). The term “trust” in antitrust refers to a group of businesses that collude or monopolize to control pricing in a specific market. So, why does the Chicago Teachers Union have the exclusive authority to educate our children? The glaring disparities in our society often trace back to education. When children lack basic literacy, numeracy,… Read more »