Monday, September 17, 2012

UPDATE: A funny kind of boss. « Fred Klonsky

A funny kind of boss. « Fred Klonsky:



The in box. Lake Forest. Strike breaking teaches its own lesson.

September 16, 2012 By , IEA Communications Director

We don’t know how many Lake Forest High School students will report to LFHS Monday, but are sure that they will not be receiving the high quality education for which the school is well-known.
The LFHS school board on Sunday sent an email to parents telling them that their students are expected to be in school Monday morning, despite the fact that the teachers will not be there.


A funny kind of boss.

When someone in the press writes about a union leader they will inevitably refer to her as a “labor boss.”
Watching Karen Lewis and CTU VP Jesse Sharkey on TV, standing before the assembled reporters at about 6:45 yesterday afternoon, I thought to myself, “what an amazing group they have proven to be.”
It was clear to me that they had gone into the House of Delegates meeting with the intention of getting tentative approval of the contract they had worked on since last November.
Listen. I’ve done this. You don’t take an agreement back unless you believe in your hear of hearts that it is the best you can get. If may not be everything you want or need. But if you think it is the best you can get, you take