Union-hating Republican Rauner is a Democratic pal. Further adventures in Bizarro World.
Here’s a political prediction.
Millionaire Bruce Rauner will never be governor of Illinois.
Here is why I say that.
Rauner has decided to make his gubernatorial campaign a run against public employee unions. That’s it. That’s his entire platform.
Asked by a reporter if he was saying government unions should be eliminated in Illinois, Rauner said, “We need to modify their power.” Asked how, he said, “I won’t go into it today. We’ve got a detailed plan.”
But he did say, “I think the ability for government workers to decide whether to join a union or not, that’s fair.”
Rauner said public worker pensions negotiated by representatives of unions who give millions of dollars to the campaigns of the politicians granting raises and pensions is a “pay-to-play, conflict-of-interest structure.”
“If that occurred in the private sector, people’d go to jail,” Rauner said. “Employees
Millionaire Bruce Rauner will never be governor of Illinois.
Here is why I say that.
Rauner has decided to make his gubernatorial campaign a run against public employee unions. That’s it. That’s his entire platform.
Asked by a reporter if he was saying government unions should be eliminated in Illinois, Rauner said, “We need to modify their power.” Asked how, he said, “I won’t go into it today. We’ve got a detailed plan.”
But he did say, “I think the ability for government workers to decide whether to join a union or not, that’s fair.”
Rauner said public worker pensions negotiated by representatives of unions who give millions of dollars to the campaigns of the politicians granting raises and pensions is a “pay-to-play, conflict-of-interest structure.”
“If that occurred in the private sector, people’d go to jail,” Rauner said. “Employees
“Do you have any idea what your doing to us … our school … even to me?”
Chicago Sun-Times:
Vasquez had no idea how Paula was feeling until she stumbled upon her daughter’s letter a few weeks ago while cleaning the 6th-grader’s book bag.
“I have one question to ask,” it begins, in Paula’s girlish printing.
“Do you have any idea what your doing to us … our school … even to me? We all have tried and tried everything to keep our school open. How can people like you have no
Pearson’s McGraw-Hill fails the test in NY.
Thousands of high school seniors are panicking that they won’t graduate on time because a city-contracted company bungled the grading process for Regents exams.
City officials vowed to finish grading the exams as quickly as possible. Principals were told Tuesday that if the tests aren’t marked on time, students can still participate in graduation ceremonies but can’t get their diplomas.
“It’s a blunder on so many levels,” said Gregg Lundahl, a government teacher at
We Are One. “No more concessions.”
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Mike Carrigan, President of the Illinois AFL-CIO says that their will be no more concessions by the state’s public employee unions. In meetings with Senate Democrats, the We Are One coalition of public employee unions bargained SB2404.
Many rank-and-file union members (including this one) believed that SB2404 failed to live up to the promise made by union leaders that they would not agree to anything that was not constitutional, failed to bring stability to the pension system and was fair to members.
In Carrigan’s statement, he described SB2404 as a “tremendous concession on the part of our public sector
Mike Carrigan, President of the Illinois AFL-CIO says that their will be no more concessions by the state’s public employee unions. In meetings with Senate Democrats, the We Are One coalition of public employee unions bargained SB2404.
Many rank-and-file union members (including this one) believed that SB2404 failed to live up to the promise made by union leaders that they would not agree to anything that was not constitutional, failed to bring stability to the pension system and was fair to members.
In Carrigan’s statement, he described SB2404 as a “tremendous concession on the part of our public sector
