Chicago's mayor on Tuesday accused leaders of the city's powerful teachers union of using its "political agenda" to hold up a contract agreement to end a strike that will keep students from classrooms for at least 10 days.
Chicago teachers are striking for the third time in seven years. The Chicago Teachers Union has rejected what Mayor Lori Lightfoot says is "the most lucrative CTU package in its history."
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?
The City of Chicago would like to spend a billion dollars more than it will raise under existing taxes and fees, so Mayor Lori Lightfoot is setting the stage for a tax increase.
increases for overpaid teachers … GET OUT while you still have your wallet...
(Natural News) A month ago, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted that the city's pension funds were facing bankruptcy and demanded an urgent multi-billion-dollar bai
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Just days after the prosecutors dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, who had been indicted on 16 counts of disorderly conduct, the "Empire" actor could again make headlines.
The black actor, Justin Smollett, who staged and falsely reported to the Chicago police an attack on him by white supremacist Trump supporters wearing MAGA hats who allegedly put a rope around his neck, was arrested on 16 felony accounts carrying 48