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The in box. “Mitch is nit-picking.”
Fred, Mitch’s letter is nit-picking. The IEA leadership admittedly not only supported SB7 but claimed it as a model for all other unions to follow. If that’s not pressure, I don’t know what is. it was IEA spokesman Charlie McBarron who originally said that the SB7 deal, “puts kids first and will move education forward. [...]
Is Audrey Soglin a bully? The IEA General Counsel writes me a letter.
Fred, Hope you are doing well! While I have no desire to become a focus of your or anyone else’s blog, I felt it was important to send you a note about a recent posting on your blog, in which you made the following statement: “Then there’s IEA Executive Director Audrey Soglin and former IEA [...]
The 98%
The Jonah Edelman Rule: In order to get strike authorization the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union (this rule only applies to Chicago) must receive 75% approval by all the members of the union. Edelman, of the corporate ed reform group Stand for Children, had his people study the data and decided that 75% was [...]
Jonah Edelman: “Oops.”
Okay. Salt in the wound. But I can’t help myself. Here is the video of Stand For Children’s Jonah Edelman. “The union cannot strike in Chicago. They will never be able to muster the 75 percent threshold needed to strike.’’
Forget about your day job.
When I first started teaching almost three decades ago, I received a phone call the day before my first day of school was to begin. It was George Shone, President of the Park Ridge Education Association. He was calling to tell me that the union had not yet reached an agreement with the school board. [...]
The CTU overwhelming yes vote is a stinging rebuke of Rahm and Brizard. But not only them.
IEA Executive Director Audrey Soglin bullied the CTU leadership. But teachers don’t like bullies. After a weekend of unofficial reports, CTU President Karen Lewis officially announced the results Monday of the strike authorization vote taken last Wednesday through Friday. Not only did almost 90% of the CTU members vote yes. 73% percent of the members voted [...]
