STRIKE AUTHORIZATION HAVING AN EFFECT
The Chicago School Board and the Chicago Teachers Union met Wednesday and progress was made in the bargaining talks. Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey said the pace of contract talks has picked up since an overwhelming number of teachers voted this month to authorize a strike. “The tone of the negotiations has changed for the better since that vote,” Sharkey said.
WELL, IMAGINE THAT !
The threat of a strike is the only real effective weapon teacher unions have ever possessed in their arsenal. I firmly believe that without that weapon, teachers’ salaries and benefits in most school districts would never have risen to the point where they currently are.
There’s a reason why anti-teacher and anti-union forces have pushed to do away with the right of public
WELL, IMAGINE THAT !
The threat of a strike is the only real effective weapon teacher unions have ever possessed in their arsenal. I firmly believe that without that weapon, teachers’ salaries and benefits in most school districts would never have risen to the point where they currently are.
There’s a reason why anti-teacher and anti-union forces have pushed to do away with the right of public