Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
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.
Companies used to move from the city to the suburbs, and sometimes from the suburbs back into the city. But these days, they just leave Illinois altogether. Meanwhile, the middle class flees all of this. At the same time, the HR wine aunt cat lady takes her $120k a year job downtown, and the illegal immigrant sells ‘chalk-o-lot’ on downtown corners and suburban intersections for $5 a bar, and our politicians say “THIS IS PROSPEROUS PROGRESSIVE UTOPIA”