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In reply to the discussion: School Year Just Begun, Teachers Strike Looms in Chicago [View all]AnneD
(15,774 posts)8. You can't tell me....
That Obama can't pick up the phone and make a few phone calls to Rham and a few of his ex collegues and put some pressure on the folks to resolve this. Presidents have been involved in strikes in the past, and not just with federal strikes.
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I thought it was the STATE that governs the state public schools. There is no nat'l school system.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#6
I am supporting unions! Scabs supporting school voucher crap like you are part of the problem IMO.
lonestarnot
Sep 2012
#42
Federal policy particularly Race to the Top has enormous influence on the states.
erodriguez
Sep 2012
#22
If there is a strike, many people will start thinking, "Maybe that Scott Walker had something...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#7
I'm not taking a position at all, much less a political one. I'm just pointing out....
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#13
Don't shoot the messenger. I'm just saying that that is one of the effects.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#12
Maybe a letter to the editor of your local newspaper would help the perception.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#16
These days a lot of morons define "getting out of hand" as "existing." (nt)
Posteritatis
Sep 2012
#31
I live in Chicago, and my daughter is in first grade in a CPS school
alcibiades_mystery
Sep 2012
#10
Child Care? A professional's "ultimate" bargaining chip? Can't believe you went there.
ancianita
Sep 2012
#41
Your support is an important ingredient in the success of changing the conditions we expect
midnight
Sep 2012
#44
We, that is the Chicago Teachers ....haven't been on stike in at least 20 years.
Stuart G
Sep 2012
#32
Of course - how could I not see it before? Organized labour is a ploy by the right-wing...
harmonicon
Sep 2012
#36