Sun-Times editorial calls the union, 'bomb throwers'
But the really funny thing was that the editorial is essentially in agreement with the teachers union in its critique of the announced 54 school closings over the next few months. So why have they resorted to such offensive metaphors? Why are they distorting the union's positions and making them seem like the unreasonable ones, when it's Rahm who is saying that "the time for negotiations is over"?
The S-T board claims the union is "preventing the public from looking at this issue honestly." But they don't say how they're preventing it. The CReATE group of more than 100 Chicago-area academics and researchers have been looking at the issues "honestly" all year and they, along with the Raise Your Hand Coalition will offer their findings to the board on April 2nd. Nobody from