Chicago Board of Education to Resign Amid Conflict With Mayor Johnson
Johnson wants a board that will oust Chicago Public School CEO Pedro Martinez because he won't bend the knee to the mayor and Chicago Teachers Union....
Johnson wants a board that will oust Chicago Public School CEO Pedro Martinez because he won't bend the knee to the mayor and Chicago Teachers Union....
The union leaders said that they chose not to endorse either one "by a margin of 1.2%."...
You know the election has everything to do with this decision....
"And I would say that this is something that would have significant impacts on the nation's economy anyways. But to have this happen in a way that could negatively impact people that are reeling from a category four hurricane...
"And we know that Donald Trump has been going after that vote, and he is in a very, very strong position—more so perhaps than with any other bloc."...
"An analysis by J.P. Morgan estimated the daily cost of a port strike by East and Gulf Coast port workers would cost the U.S. economy between $3.8 billion and $4.5 billion per day as operations slow."...
Oh, look. They're using Project 2025 to scare members. So original. *eye roll*...
"Recruiting and retaining personnel is a high priority of the Board, and we know that higher wages would support those efforts."...
The union also bragged about Harris's phantom tough policies on the border and support for agents....
"Democrats say Harris still has work to do to win over older, white, working-class voters who make up a large portion of the electorate in the Rust Belt and have been hit by high prices"...
"So she may want to focus on her job instead of mine."...
It's the first time since 1996 the Teamsters have skipped a presidential endorsement....
Canada's freight rail shutdown threatens U.S. supply chains. ...
"The AFT was the first labor union to formally endorse Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden was pushed out of the race by his own party."...
"The speech is the clearest sign of a potential realignment in political loyalties that has Democrats nervous."...
"the union’s strike endangers the safety and rights of Jewish workers like myself"...
“commitment to transforming classrooms into arenas of radicalism”...
"the portion of the private-sector workforce represented by a union has dramatically declined from a peak of around 35 percent in 1954 to a mere six percent in 2023"...
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