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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Jonah Edelman: Massive Fail!

Jersey Jazzman: Jonah Edelman: Massive Fail!:


Jonah Edelman: Massive Fail!

While I hate the thought of the damage a strike will do to Chicago's children and teachers, I can't help but take a little satisfaction in thinking that Jonah Edelman has much to answer for to his masters:
Chicago Teachers Union officials are expected to announce Monday that they have handily met a new 75 percent strike authorization threshold, despite a blitzkrieg of emails and ads against the action, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. 
The union concluded three days of voting Friday and a weekend of ballot counting by meeting its tougher new strike threshold “easily” and “overwhelmingly,’’ sources told the Sun-Times. 
Although the vote moves the CTU one step closer to its first strike since 1987, union officials have