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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

CTU ONCE AGAIN SHOWS THE WIMPY DISTRICTS HOW IT’S DONE « Teachers Fight Back

CTU ONCE AGAIN SHOWS THE WIMPY DISTRICTS HOW IT’S DONE « Teachers Fight Back:


CTU ONCE AGAIN SHOWS THE WIMPY DISTRICTS HOW IT’S DONE

Hats off to you, Chicago Teachers Union, once again you triumph, when so many other district unions have failed and or not had the courage to stand up to being bullied.
So much for the millions of dollars in advertisements that the anti-union forces put in the Chicago newspapers and on the airwaves.  Didn’t work. So much for tough guy Emanuel and the miracle worker Bizard, or is it Bizarre ?  So much for the Chicago Tribune’s relentless propaganda designed to destroy the teacher’s union. All failed.
The district did get their longer school day, and that’s probably a good thing. The teachers ? They will continue to work their previous amount of hours. Several hundred new teachers will be hired so none of the teachers needs to work a longer day.
Now the teachers can back off of their high salary request and settle for a more modest raise, and everyone can