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.”
The State of Illinois will pay the billions not the businesses. Now that’s funny!
JB could just write a check? Maybe for the underfunded pensions too?
So, the audit confirms a massive +$5B was stolen from taxpayers. Where did it go? I have a really good hunch where much of it went.
Doesn’t mention that JB’s decision to close IDES offices to public contact had much to do with all the subsequent foolishness and fraud. That’s what threw everyone – claimants, employers and the state – into the wild-west online world in the first place. Recall how that all went. First the IDES offices were closed, and IDES employees were ‘working’ from home. Without their encrypted guvmn’t computers. Or state issued cell phones. And tens of thousands of newly eligible claimants. Then, eventually, IDES staff returned to their IDES offices, which none-the-less remained closed to public contact. Health and Family Services (Medicaid,… Read more »
Once again, was anyone at IDES ever fired or even disciplined????? Sadley we all know the answer.
Fraud is Illinois’ chief export
The taxpayer is always on the hook for government screw ups.
Raise business taxes and they raise pricing, so you pay always one way or another.