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Will a Springfield education reform bill take away our right to strike? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Will a Springfield education reform bill take away our right to strike? « Fred Klonsky's blog

Will a Springfield education reform bill take away our right to strike?

Negotiations are going on as we speak over an education reform bill in Springfield.

It is not very clear what will be in it when it is made public.

Audrey Soglin, Executive Director of the IEA is quoted in the Springfield Statehouse News:

“We have a strong stand that the collective bargaining in our state works,” said Audrey Soglin, executive director of the Illinois Education Association. “We do not believe they need to be changed. We do not offer any compromises or any