What gives the Chicago Teachers Union the power to strike – or threaten to strike – every time they don’t like a new contract proposal? How can the union maintain such a combative stance and get away with it? How can they strand Chicago families and children – the very people they are supposed to serve – at a whim?
One of the answers lies in the state’s collective bargaining rules. They are among the most anti-taxpayer labor laws in the country. Take strikes, for example. Illinois is the only state among its neighbors that enshrines teacher strikes in its collective bargaining laws. In contrast, strikes are illegal in Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Iowa.
In fact, Illinois is one of just 12 states nationally where teacher strikes are legal, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Strikes in the other 38 states are illegal, either explicitly or because collective bargaining is outlawed to begin with.
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3 comments:
As stated before. Teacher's bitch and scream about everything. But here they are looking for more money. They don't care about safety. They don't care about students. THEY CARE ABOUT MONEY. Just like here in the county.
Teachers don’t make any money. They are under paid.
That's the biggest freaking lie. You must be a teacher. Thanks for making my point. After getting yet ANOTHER RAISE. You cry about the schools not being safe. Or you got passed over for a promotion. But you got paid. Teacher's underpaid. Idiot.
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