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.”
People will still tip and how much will be determined by the total amount of the check and the quality of service. Wages of employees will not be posted on the menu or on the specials board. Today’s special is BLT with fries and your waiter makes $21.50 per hour and has only 1 deduction. So most of us will not know what they make.
Many will still tip, but not as much. Some, who see their $15 sandwich now costs $18, will stop tipping.
$18 sandwiches mean many, many restaurants will close down. Food price inflation has simply made the take-out food model unsustainable.