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Chicago: Teachers Go on Strike "For the Kids"

Deborah52 Wrote: Sep 11, 2012 10:22 AM

Becca, I don't believe the problem is the level of government which is involved, the problem is that elected officials who make the contracts with the unions are elected by union votes, which makes for an inherrently corrupt system of management. That's what needs to be changed. The taxpayers, who foot the bill for edcuation, need to be represented at the bargaining table, or better yet, in control of the system since they pay for it. Let each individual school negotiate with their teachers on a one-on-one basis to determine what works best for their students.

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Chicago: Teachers Go on Strike "For the Kids"

For the first time in 25 years, hundreds of Chicago students are at home today and not in school because 26,000 unionized teachers in the country's third largest school district went on strike late last night after demands for a 19 percent pay increase were not met. While they strike today, 23 million Americans won't have the opportunity to go to work as the nation's unemployment still sits above 8 percent. Recent college graduates who can't find a job in this economy, will also be sitting at home while teachers protest on the picket lines.