Please post in this thread if you support Chicago teachers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

Here is the union's press release. Please read it for details about this strike. There is so much misinformation, right here on DU!

http://www.ctunet.com/blog/cps-fails-to-negotiate-fair-contract-to-prevent-first-labor-strike-in-25-years

This is about teachers demanding what's best for children.







Solidarity with Chicago teachers! They are demanding what the children of Chicago deserve - great schools!

[no_hypocrisy]

1. SOLIDARITY FOREVER, FOR THE UNION MAKES US STRONG!

[addltd]

228. While I support the teachers...

While I support the teachers, why is a strike the best method to use to negotiate?

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Is_a_strike_the_best_method_for_a_union_to_use_to_negotiate

[no_hypocrisy]

234. Welcome to DU addltd

To respond, striking is never the first option; it's the last. When parties (labor and management) fail to agree on even the smallest point, the only tool that labor has is to strike. It forces management to return to the table and at least accept some terms that labor is trying get into a new agreement.

[porphyrian]

2. Thank you, teachers, for your service.

As I mentioned on another thread, it pisses me off that the only civil servants who get appreciated publicly are in the military or are first responders. Teachers make enormous sacrifices to help raise our children for us, then get beat up for it. Thank all of you for being crazy enough to do the right thing.

[boston bean]

3. 1000%. nt

[Zalatix]

274. I'll see your 1000% and raise it another 8000% for a total of 9000%

[Scootaloo]

277. Allow me to knock it OVER 9,000

[Greybnk48]

297. + a brazillion!!! n/t

[Waiting For Everyman]

4. I support the teachers 100%.

[ananda]

5. 100% support!

nt

[xchrom]

6. solidarity forever

[Starry Messenger]

7. Support!

My internet is out at the house and I am checking DU from my phone. I wanted reports on the strike. Danke!

[barbtries]

8. very few people in our lives

are more important than our teachers. i SUPPORT 100%

[Robb]

9. Indeed. Good strike, good luck!

K&R.

[Odin2005]

10. K&R

[demmiblue]

11. Solidarity K&R!

[mountain grammy]

27. Perfect!

[demmiblue]

141. Welcome to DU, mountain grammy!

[limpyhobbler]

12. k/r

Of course. I don't know the details but I just sort of reflexively support this stuff.

[MerryBlooms]

13. 100%

[xchrom]

14. Which Side Are You On -- Pete Seeger

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. CPS Parent Here...My daughter is upstairs getting ready for Strike Camp at the Neighborhood Boys and

Girls Club.

If we can be fully supportive of CTU - and we have skin in the game - so can you.

Support the Chicago Teachers Union - for better schools and a fair contract!

[AnneD]

256. God bless you for your support.....

They are stripping the quality of the inner city schools to make a buck. Instead of raising their tax base, they are short changing the kids education. Schools in the suburbs have such "luxuries" as a library, school nurse, and counsulers. Inner city kids need it just as much, if not more.

[Smarmie Doofus]

293. +1. Teachers and Parents are natural allies. Or OUGHT to be.

I often think that if we could reduce the system to it's essentials: the teacher, the parent and the child ... and let the important decision making stay within that constellation... we could get ourselves from under these hideously oversized, maddeningly politicized bureaucracies.

And in doing so... we we'd be able to offer a better product.

[whathehell]

16. Solidarity!.....I totally support unions and the Chicago teachers!

Rahm needs to have his ass kicked on this, and, I imagine, a few other things!

[KitSileya]

17. This teacher's union rep support the striking teachers of Chicago

Seriously, the issues seem incredible (as in, difficult-to-believe,) to this Norwegian teacher. It certainly makes our complaints pale in comparison.

You guys do fantastic jobs under incredibly difficult conditions, and you deserve better. If you don't get better, the children will certainly suffer because of it, so there is a trickle-down effect here that isn't fake. Class room limits, liveable wages, all your demands can be summed up as a demand to be respected as the professionals you are.

I support you.

[xchrom]

18. Stand By Me w/ grandpa elliot

[jamesatemple]

113. A flat-out incredible video and a helluva great song!

Thanks for posting it, xchrom. The message of the song transcends borders as exemplified by the diverse group of musicians from all over the world. It is critically important for us to stand by the Chicago teachers in their fight for fairness. Maybe we could just skip the next generation of wars and spend the money on our educational system. Seems fair to this old man.

[unapatriciated]

278. loved it and shared it on FB for Solidarty with Chicago teachers

[RKP5637]

19. K&R !!! n/t

[rosesaylavee]

20. K&R

[rurallib]

21. thank you for standing up

[TahitiNut]

22. Solidarity!

[Chorophyll]

23. Proud daughter of a public school teacher, checking in!

[VenusRising]

24. Solidarity!!

[mainstreetonce]

25. Total support

Good luck

[liberal N proud]

26. If you have a job, you had better support these Teachers.

If you want a job, you had better support these Teachers.

If you want a better job, you had better support these Teachers.

If you want to improve your job, you had better support these Teachers.

If you want education to get better, not worse, you had better support these Teachers.

[SWTORFanatic]

28. Yes, and I wish schools and colleges (where I teach) in WI did the same - though for

different reasons of course!

[GObamaGO]

29. Solidarity!!!

[yardwork]

30. Support teachers!

[Overseas]

31. K&R.

[Ishoutandscream2]

32. 27 year educator here. SOLIDARITY!

[spanone]

33. k&r... solidarity.

[cordelia]

34. They have my support!

[lunatica]

35. I support the teachers and their union

[qb]

36. I support public school teachers everywhere.

All of the teachers I know are under-paid and over-worked, although they willingly put in extra hours and buy supplies out of their own pocket for their students.

[mountain grammy]

37. I was a steward and local recording secretary for the OCAW

my husband was IAM. We both know the only reason we have been able to retire with any money in the bank is because of unions. The only hope for workers is the union. Which side are you on?

[yellerpup]

38. Standing up for teachers

standing up for themselves.

[AllyCat]

39. Solidarity!

[HappyMe]

40. Support them 100%.

[Tansy_Gold]

41. Chicago born and bred, suburban raised and public school educated -- 100% support

For all the teachers, 100% solidarity.

"Local #1" -- and it's all local.

[badhair77]

42. I'm in.

Stay strong, Chicago teachers!

[JDPriestly]

43. Now we know why Rahm Emmanuel has been put on a back burner in the Obama campaign.

It's about time.

[Lifelong Protester]

44. When I heard that one of the issues was

Last edited Tue Sep 11, 2012, 08:31 AM - Edit history (1)

getting textbooks in the classroom on time, and not 6 weeks later, I could not believe it.
And another issue, getting music and art back into the schools!
Class size!
It is about a LOT more than money.

Their proposed teacher evaluation does not sound good either. I agree with Ms. Lewis, evaluate the teachers on what they CAN control, not on factors outside of their control (such as poverty and violence, issues that are certainly at the schoolhouse door, and in the school).


Rahm, better re-think this one.

[Volaris]

284. Joey the Scar and his crew were bitching this morning about

how ...Oh those damn unions have no idea how they are being perceived by the larger General Public when they pull this nonsense over how they refuse the raise they got offered, and how that looks in a down economy...


That's when I came here and found out that I think they SHOULD be on strike (no AC? In a PUBLIC SCHOOL?)
WTF if that were "Mr. Mayor's" Publicly-Funded place of work, and the AC went out, you think that fucker would have shown up AT ALL till the problem was fixed? NO, and he would have read the riot act to the Maintenance Dept. for good measure I'M SURE.

The "General Public" that Joey is oh so worried about will see it that way, too, as soon as they find out how bad that working environment is for those people we like to call "invaluable" to our Society and Future.

Solidarity. Now and Forever.

(and fuck Joe. I hope that coroner starts telling tales, and Joey has to hire himself a lawyer.)

[proud2BlibKansan]

298. The story about a 16% raise offer is a lie

Gotta love our media - not.

[99Forever]

45. 100% solidarity forever.

Rahm is a Rethuglican POS.

[JRLeft]

46. They need more schools and smaller class rooms. This is how we can make teaching

as effective as possible.

[PatrynXX]

47. sally field time

time to work it. Unions are probably the thing most American around here.

[xchrom]

48. Playing For Change Band - A Change Is Gonna Come live

[daleanime]

49. Huge K &R.

[MannyGoldstein]

50. Solidarity.

Let's work to end the bipartisan war on unions.

[Flashmann]

51. support any teacher as well as

Any Union.....Teachers Union=No brainer

[tk2kewl]

52. K&R

[BlueMTexpat]

53. K&R!!!

Balance the budget by taxing those who are not paying their fair share, not on the backs of those who are charged with educating our children!

[sinkingfeeling]

54. In support with the teachers.

[Brickbat]

55. Solidarity and good luck to them.

[Zorra]

56. Solidarity knr

[Arctic Dave]

57. Solidarity.

[MsLeopard]

58. I stand with the teachers

[jumptheshadow]

59. My heartfelt support for Chicago teachers

Stand up for what is right!

[suffragette]

60. K&R - Absolutely support the teachers

[valerief]

61. kick

[kemah]

62. As a retired teacher,

I do not get the idea of non teachers, people who have never taught a day in their life, have become experts in that field. That would be like being a certified mechanic but never having to touch a car.

[BuelahWitch]

63. I support TEACHERS and I support UNIONS!

[meti57b]

64. Hang in there, Teach! We support you 100%!

[KansDem]

65. Non-working teacher supporting working teachers here!

[ejbr]

66. k & r n/t

[LovingA2andMI]

67. TOTALLY SUPPORT!!!

[me b zola]

68. I logged on to lend my support to striking Chicago teachers

I am with them in spirit and wish them the best of luck.

[laruemtt]

69. 100% solidarity!!!!

[prairierose]

70. I support teachers........... n/t

[Metatron]

71. Solidarity

I fully support the Chicago teachers.

[Salviati]

72. Solidarity!

[Egalitarian Thug]

73. Biggest K&R I can find to you all. n/t

[lpbk2713]

74. "If you can read this ...

thank a teacher"


One of my favorite bumper stickers.

[Whovian]

75. Support from Whovian.

[snappyturtle]

76. I taught in IL and this brings back memories of a strike for class size etc.

I had a class (H.S. PE) at 7:00 AM with 103 students! I was the first and only girls' teacher assigned at that hour. We had other 'problems' as ridiculous and as dangerous to students. Sometimes striking is all that is left.

[patrice]

77. Solidarity!

[geardaddy]

78. Solidarity brothers and sisters!

[il_lilac]

79. absolutely!

Great schools/teachers=great kids/ future

[The Link]

80. I support them 100%.

Solidarity with Chicago teachers.

[Turk 182]

81. 1000% support

This former teacher and Union VP fully supports the chicago teachers in their efforts to improve schools. The Union Makes Us Strong.

[F. Kafka]

82. Absolutely support 100%

I've got Chicago teacher friends on the picket line today.

[byeya]

83. Solidarity!! Ram Rahm!

[clydefrand]

84. Retired teacher says way to go!

Recently I (a retired teacher who worked for 32 years) was told by my repub brother-in-law that I have never worked in the REAL world and that I didn't know anything about the real world. That indeed broke my heart because of his nasty comments about our president and to me. He thinks teachers don't work in the real world? If it weren't for teachers, how many businesses would we have in the country? Of course I can go on and on for other reasons too.

[JEB]

85. Public school teachers

made me and this country better and stronger. Absolute solidarity!

[Luminous Animal]

86. Kick!

[Fuddnik]

87. Go Teachers!!!!!

[Johnny Noshoes]

88. Support

nt.

[JoeyT]

89. K&R n/t

[ProSense]

90. Kick for

teachers (Mom, retired) and unions.

[YvonneCa]

158. Hey...

...thanks, Prosense. Didn't know your mom was a retired teacher...like me!

[Pat Riot]

91. Solidarity

Teachers will be portrayed as the bad guys, not caring about the kids, but not true. One of the hardest jobs in the world. If a union can not strike it has no power.

[DontTreadOnMe]

92. Kick

I support the teachers

[woo me with science]

93. K&R!

[Jakes Progress]

94. Support them or quit calling yourself a Democrat.

Our children deserve better than reagan-democraticans.

[woo me with science]

127. Thank you. nt

[1gobluedem]

95. My father taught public school for 39 years

And fought hard for the union. Go teachers!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

96. Solidarity!

[KamaAina]

97. Go Teachers Go!!

Tell Rahm to fold up his charter school agenda into lots of sharp little corners and sit on it!!

[Sancho]

98. solidarity from Florida!!

[coalition_unwilling]

99. Where working people defend their rights, that's where you'll find

Joe Hill (and me)!

[cornflake_31]

100. K&R

Stand strong. Stand proud.

[Ian David]

101. Teachers: fuck yeah!

[Systematic Chaos]

102. in this thread

[intheflow]

103. I support the striking teachers!

Solidarity forever!

[silvershadow]

104. Bump for great teachers, great students, and great schools! (and a rec too)

[Plucketeer]

105. GO TEACHERS!!!

My wife is a teacher and has been lead negotiator for her union. Sometimes it comes down to a strike to make a point. It's unfortunate, AND avoidable when reason and common sense prevail.

[ann---]

106. As a former public school

employee and proud union member, I KNOW how hard teachers work and they would not go on strike unless they were not given the bare necessities to do their job. That would include reasonable pay. Although, I believe this strike is more about other issues which wouldn't involve too much money from the budget.

[catbyte]

107. This proud MEA/NEA member stands in solidarity with my Chicago brothers & sisters

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, and baby brother Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

[knitter4democracy]

199. Amen! This one, too!

Solidarity!

[hack89]

108. I support the teachers and their union. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

109. I stand with the teachers.

And I wish them courage.

[Populist_Prole]

110. Up up up with labor

[Fearless]

111. K&R!

[efilon]

112. Solidarity!

[salib]

114. Solidarity forever.

[Zoeisright]

115. K&R

[WilliamPitt]

116. Solidarity.

[kimbutgar]

117. I am with the teachers. The policitcans have no clue how hard teaching is....

[jdadd]

118. This retired USWA member in solidarity.....

[Alduin]

119. I support them!

[davsand]

120. I have former students on that line today. I am very proud of them.

Wearing my red today in support and solidarity!



Laura

[OriginalGeek]

121. Adding my voice/vote/support

For teachers. Education is one of the single most important things we can do. Give teachers the resources to do it and the compensation to live through it!

This post is made in honor of Jack (Jolly) Rogers - a 7th grade Social Studies teacher who gave a damn. I don't know where you are now, Mr. Rogers but you made a difference.

[G_j]

122. Solidarity!!!!!!

[Beringia]

123. I support

It is great they are standing up for themselves and the students. I heard on the news last night that they badly need social workers. Each social worker on staff now has 1000 students per social worker.

[Vincardog]

124. Teachers and Unions rock

[Vidar]

125. I always support teachers (used to be one), especially now when the only unions who still fight are

nurses and the teachers.

[Oilwellian]

126. K&R

[sarcasmo]

128. Kick!

[The Midway Rebel]

129. Solidarity! nt

[wakemewhenitsover]

130. K&R for the REAL job creators!

[ChazII]

131. Support Chicago tchrs. n/t

[sabrina 1]

132. 100% support for them. They should have done it long ago.

[proud2BlibKansan]

133. You DUers ROCK!!

I sent this link to a friend on the picket line in Chicago.

Thank you all so much!

[craigmatic]

134. Their list of demands seems pretty reasonable. This should be over in a week or 2 because it's not

really about money. My only beef with teachers' unions is that they keep older teachers on the job after they've already put all their time in when we younger people need to get our time in too. I know there are great older teacher but give us younger ones our chance too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

140. As long as we have children we will need teachers

We don't need to force any of them out.

[craigmatic]

187. I agree with that in principle but in practice it only adds to the

economic hard times we've been having lately. It's hard to find a good teaching job trust me I've looked. They say there's hundreds of applicants to one opening. All I'm saying is that if someone can retire they should so someone else can have a turn. That's only fair.

[Lifelong Protester]

258. Well, when we have Medicare for all, that might happen

I don't disagree with you, I'd like to 'get out of the way' for you younger folks, but that danged healthcare thing keeps me tethered.

[Smarmie Doofus]

280. I just retired in NYC. You can have my job. By which I mean.....

"You can *HAVE* it."

[tama]

282. It's about much more than money

It's about communities saying no to the neoliberal ideology and corporate model control mania. 99% vs 1%. It's not about money, it's a political strike. Those tend not to be resolved easily, but rather escalate. Remember Oaxaca.

[Peace Patriot]

135. It's time for Corporate Democrats like Rahm Emmanuel to put up or shut up!

If they don't support organized labor, they should get out of the Democratic Party and join their true brethren in the Reagan-Bush-Romney dark castle!

And a word to organized labor: Did you know that virtually ALL voting machines in the U.S. are run on 'TRADE SECRET' code--code that the public is forbidden to review--some 70% of it owned and controlled by one, private, far rightwing-connected corporation (ES&S, which bought out Diebold)? Did you know that half the states do NO AUDIT of this so-called vote counting AT ALL, and that the others do only a miserably inadequate 1% audit?

Think about it.

[Zorra]

136. It's so nice, I'll post here twice. Support Our Educators!!! nt

[MineralMan]

137. I support all dedicated teachers!

[woo me with science]

138. Kicking again

to counter the deliberate, utterly predictable Third Way propaganda assault underway.

[Prism]

139. Video from the North Side

http://www.chicagotribune.com/videogallery/72199981/

I have friends on those lines today.

Solidarity!

[cr8tvlde]

142. 1976 El Rancho Unified School District...CTA...NEA...EREA...CFT ... I stand with Chicago Teachers

We were one of the first...haven't kept up on it, but surely your issues are worse than ours. We just wanted a pay increase.

"Based upon a more compelling factual situation because
of the duration of the strike and more clearly definable damages,
the El Rancho Unified School District in Pico Rivera,
California recently filed a lawsuit against the National Education
Association, the California Teachers Association, the El
Rancho Education Association, the California Federation of
Teachers, and the El Rancho Federation of Teachers for damages
resulting from a 25 day strike in 1976.5 The district based
its lawsuit on the fact that the above-mentioned employee organizations
and unions induced the employees of the district
to breach their contract."

http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2187&context=lawreview

[gkhouston]

143. K&R. n/t

[DemocratsForProgress]

144. 100%

though I don't get what posting in this thread is supposed to accomplish.

Anyway, I guess I just did.

[opiate69]

145. Solidarity!

on edit: when unions win, all working men and women win!

[onestepforward]

146. Standing with the teachers!

[backscatter712]

147. SOLIDARITY! n/t

[dsc]

148. absolutely

no refrig, no micro wave, class size of 32, no air. Chicago should be ashamed.

[Autumn]

149. I stand with the Unions.

K/R

[bvar22]

150. Solidarity!!!

The 30 year bi-partisan attack on Organized LABOR must end.

It is not possible to support "Free Trade" and Organized LABOR at the same time.
The two positions are mutually exclusive.

[jpbollma]

153. 30 year?

Democrats killed the unions right along with Republicans when they passed Taft-Hartley! I questioned this particular strike in earlier threads but after doing research of my own as well as reading this link and those provided by other DUers I can say without hesitating, I SUPPORT this strike!

[hunter]

152. I do.

I taught in big city schools. I was a union member.

Teachers and their students deserve more.

If this nation had any sense we'd flip the Defense budget with the Education budget.

Wouldn't it be delightful hearing wealthy people scream that their property taxes were paying for useless Aircraft carriers and the 16 million dollar salaries of defense contractors?

[riderinthestorm]

154. Solidarity! nt

[bigtree]

155. my Mom in the '70s

[Blue_Tires]

156. +1

[YvonneCa]

157. I absolutely support them. This is not about money/salary. It is about...

...having a voice in the changes education reform is bringing to public schools. Despite the spin to the contrary, most teachers are caring, wonderful, hard-working (past contract hours on their own) people.

Much of education reform seeks to undermine what they do and threatens the future of public schools. Public school teachers know this. They are doing their best to educate the general public on this issue.

We should be THANKING them, not attacking them.

[marew]

159. Absolutely support!

[ComtesseDeSpair]

160. 100% Solidarity with Teachers!

I live a block away from a school here in Chicago and could hear the chanting, cheering, and (hearteningly) beeps coming from passing cars when I started work in my home office this morning. I made a point to take the dogs past the school on their walk so I could tell the teachers to keep fighting the good fight, and it was nice to see the passing city vehicles (garbage truck, police, and water management) all honked and received abundant cheers from the teachers. Workers Unite!

[mitchtv]

161. CWA here

good luck!

[AzDar]

162. Solidarity!

[MadHound]

163. Of course I support the Chicago teachers,

As a teacher myself, I wish them all the best. Solidarity!

[immoderate]

164. I'm with them.

I hope they can put educators in charge of education.

--imm

[Bozita]

165. The large Polish-American community in Chicago can appreciate this...

[Riley18]

166. Solidarity from a union steward teacher in Florida!

[chazzio]

167. Solidarity now and forever!

[kiranon]

168. Support the teachers and public education.

[CrispyQ]

169. Right on! --nt

k&r

[Ilsa]

170. Support Teachers! nt

[Hissyspit]

171. K&R Misinformation and DISinformation.

[tclambert]

172. Solidarity!

[Teamster Jeff]

173. Union Yes!

Saw some of you out there today on 51st/State - 51st/ Cottage Grove and on 47th St. I laid on the air horn of the big truck and saw lots of smiling faces. Hang tough. My daughter graduates next year with her teaching degree and I let her know that she will benefit because of the stand that you are taking.

Teamsters Chicago Local 705

[Teamster Jeff]

300. ++

[cp]

174. Stay strong, teachers! We love you!

Lots of friends who teach, and it's a hard job with lots of hours. Lots of rewards from kids, sure, but damn hard. (Like to see a CEO last a day in a classroom). Teachers have to do SO much more than ever before.
We Wisconsiners stand with you, sisters and brothers.
Courage!

[DonCoquixote]

175. go for it

and in the process, make sure Rahm does not evemn think of running in 2016

[leveymg]

176. Up with teacher salaries. Down with Mayor Rahmney's school privatization bid.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

177. I support the right of all working people to strike for better conditions.

No matter what job they hold.

[emmadoggy]

178. 100% support from me!! nt

[Warpy]

179. Workers unionize only when the boss is a BASTARD

and they only strike when that BASTARD refuses to negotiate!

Solidarity forever!

[HockeyMom]

180. Would never happen in Right to Work South

Unions mean NOTHING here. You definitely have MY support.

[RegieRocker]

181. Damn straight I support them

[KG]

182. Solidarnosc

piss on rahm emmanuel

[ebbie15644]

183. They have my support!

[Smilo]

184. Thank you for all your

work, your commitment and support of Chicago's children.

I am with you all.

[HiPointDem]

185. Their facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Teachers-Union/137764189586887

[Chisox08]

186. I support the teachers 100%

Go Lane Go

[airplaneman]

188. k&r Yes I support the teachers!

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

189. Power to the Peeps

[gadjitfreek]

190. I'm glad that Chicago teacher are showing the kind of cojones...

...that I only dream of seeing here in NY with draconian new teacher evaluation measures, increasing class size, decreasing funding and so on. I have been working without a contract for the last two years with no prospect of a contract anywhere in the future. My union is so weak that we show up in union shirts on Fridays but that's the extent of it. Every contract is weaker and worse than the one before it. We are among the lowest paid teachers in the region but we are at the top of the charts when it comes to our graduation and state test scores. Go, Chicago! Start a revolution where teachers take back the schools from the politicians and big-money people.

[WillyT]

191. Solidarity !!! - K & R !!!

[nikto]

192. Fight The Power!!

Fight the corrupt powers-that-be.

And Rahm Emanuel is a GOP toad masquerading as a Democrat.

[rateyes]

193. Solidarity!

[lindysalsagal]

194. Labor! Yes!

In my state, NY, they can jail us, and one of us was jailed in the 70's. I hope they're all ok when this is over.

[senseandsensibility]

195. I couldn't support them more.

[MrScorpio]

196. SOLIDARITY!

[txwhitedove]

197. Absolutely support teachers!

[knitter4democracy]

198. I wore red today!

Solidarity from this MEA/NEA member!

[Scuba]

200. Oh hell yes!

[freshwest]

201. +1

[many a good man]

202. Go teachers. Go unions.

Fu*k Rahm

[Caeser67]

203. I'm here to

support you all the way!


Forward.

[awoke_in_2003]

204. K&R. nt

[wilsonbooks]

205. No more privatization

Support our teachers!!!

[mike_c]

206. solidarity!

[rainy]

207. I definitely support Chicago teachers.

[annabanana]

208. Sick to DEATH of scapegoating teachers!! . . .n/t

[riverwalker]

209. picket line walkin' Union Nurse here n/t

[erodriguez]

210. Go CTU!

[nolabear]

211. Union!

[demwing]

212. solidarity

[trayfoot]

213. As an educator, I can really identify with this!

Go Chicago Teachers!!!!!

[ldf]

214. you have my 100% support

i personally think that most of the labor vs management confrontations could be solved long before strikes ever come into the picture.

but management backs the unions into the corner, knowing the strike will make labor look vindictive, greedy, and unwilling to compromise. which is EXACTLY what management wants americans to think about ANY union.

don't give in, CTU!

[YOHABLO]

215. This is about job security for the hardest working people in our society

[dreamnightwind]

216. I'm in

Go Chicago teachers!

[fishwax]

217. k and r for solidarity

[Anser]

218. Full support here... if only we were allowed to unionize here in NC. n/t

[Agony]

219. 100% SOLIDARITY!

to effing hell with:

Rahmyass
Arneyass
neoliberals and education privateers in general

period

Romneyass, Ryanass and neocons are much worse so to fucking hell with them too.

Go Chicago Teachers!

[muddrunner17]

220. Proud member of NEA and VEA and proud of our AFT breathern!

[LiberalFighter]

221. I hate media jerks that make teachers look bad by suggesting they make too much.

Someone should turn it back on the media.

Local news anchor nationwide is $75k, weathercaster is $62k. Why should they get paid more than teachers?

[RayOfHope]

222. This teacher supports her brothers and sisters in Chicago! Stand strong! n/t

[NNN0LHI]

223. Solidarity

[NNN0LHI]

301. I respect the teaching profession more than any other profession I can think of

Dang right, SOLIDARITY!

I am with you now and forever!

Don

[Betsy Ross]

224. In Solidarity.

UAW 1981

[pacalo]

225. Solidarity with Chicago teachers.

[roody]

226. Solidarity here

[valerief]

227. I trust their judgment. nt

[Angry Dragon]

229. kick

[Auntie Bush]

230. I support most ALL teachers. But, I hope they can end this strike quickly.

Get the pay they want and need and then back to work with their students.

[YvonneCa]

239. Not about the pay. n/t

[davidthegnome]

231. I'm with you

K & R

[xocet]

232. Solidarity....

These seem to be quite reasonable concerns:

Press Release: CPS Fails To Negotiate Fair Contract To Prevent First Strike In 25 Years

09/09/2012

...

“Recognizing the Board’s fiscal woes, we are not far apart on compensation. However, we are apart on benefits. We want to maintain the existing health benefits.

“Another concern is evaluation procedures. After the initial phase-in of the new evaluation system it could result in 6,000 teachers (or nearly 30 percent of our members) being discharged within one or two years. This is unacceptable. We are also concerned that too much of the new evaluations will be based on students’ standardized test scores. This is no way to measure the effectiveness of an educator. Further there are too many factors beyond our control which impact how well some students perform on standardized tests such as poverty, exposure to violence, homelessness, hunger and other social issues beyond our control.

“We want job security. Despite a new curriculum and new, stringent evaluation system, CPS proposes no increase (or even decreases) in teacher training. This is notable because our Union through our Quest Center is at the forefront teacher professional development in Illinois. We have been lauded by the District and our colleagues across the country for our extensive teacher training programs that helped emerging teachers strengthen their craft and increased the number of nationally board certified educators.

“We are demanding a reasonable timetable for the installation of air-conditioning in student classrooms--a sweltering, 98-degree classroom is not a productive learning environment for children. This type of environment is unacceptable for our members and all school personnel. A lack of climate control is unacceptable to our parents.

...


http://www.ctunet.com/blog/cps-fails-to-negotiate-fair-contract-to-prevent-first-labor-strike-in-25-years

[Citizen Worker]

233. An injury to one is an injury to all!

[bloomington-lib]

235. raised hand

[dmr]

236. Solidarity! n/t

[sueh]

237. Hell, yeah! I support the teachers! Go Union!

[DonRedwood]

238. I think it should be nation wide

[AnotherMother4Peace]

240. Solidarity!!!

[femmocrat]

241. Solidarity with my fellow teachers.

We Are One.

[JaneyVee]

242. Solidarity, from NYC.

[rhett o rick]

243. It's bad enough when the Repukes want to kill the unions. But Rahmbo has never been

for the working class.

[Canuckistanian]

244. Damn right I support them

This isn't about "union greed"

It's about forcing a local government to live up to their commitments to a free and fair PUBLIC education.

[the devil]

245. From a teacher in Northern Ontario, Canada!

You've got our support! Fight the good fight, and do it for the children!

[Live and Learn]

246. Of course, I support them. nt

[xloadiex]

247. As a resident of Chicago

and MIL to 2 teachers, this house supports them 100%.

[sonias]

248. I support the teachers 100%

Hang in there Chicago teachers!

[chalky]

249. I have a sister who's a teacher in Chicago.

She's a special needs teacher. She's frustrated about how they marginalize the special needs students. This kick is for her.

[slor]

250. 100%

[izzybeans]

251. K n r

[we can do it]

252. Stand strong teachers

[Snarkoleptic]

253. kickski

[countryjake]

254. Absolutely! Kick for better schools!

Solidarity with Chicago teachers!

[AnneD]

255. All my love and support...

From a professional colleague in another state. We are sending prayers of support your way. We know the media distorts your intentions and stirs up hate directed toward you, but we know the truth. Hang tough!!!!!!!


Edited to add....I am wearing red tomorrow in support.

[nvme]

257. As If

Naturally when some of the lowest paid (noble) professionals entrusted not to make iphones or furniture but help expand our children's ask for a little better life, Romney is there to castigate and criticize your contstitional right to protest assemble and collectively bargain. Ask the people at Kaybee toys how good Romney is.

[eridani]

259. Abso-fucking-lutely!! n/t

[bjosephs]

260. I support the Union

Ryan, Emanuel....what a pair.... I've been a teacher for 25 years in a private school without a union...my wife had a union in LA long before me. She was much more secure and much happier. Each year I'd worry, would I get a new contract.... We need more unions, not less.... Go Chicago Teachers!

[abelenkpe]

261. Total support here. Nt

[SunSeeker]

262. Teachers are my heroes.

Always were. Always will be. Solidarity!

[Bigredhunk]

263. I'm With Them

Yup

[npk]

264. K&R. Pro Union and Teachers.

[Phlem]

265. K&R teachers

are the best!

-p

[frogmarch]

266. Absolutely!

Solidarity!

[Chan790]

267. I support labor. Period.

I don't think anti-labor partisans have any place in the Democratic Party. They can leave and they won't be missed.

[diane in sf]

268. CFT local member here.

[Rincewind]

269. I support theteachers. nt.

[Le Taz Hot]

270. I support all good teachers everywhere

and the unions that support them.

[Suji to Seoul]

271. Solidarity now, Solidarity then, Solidarity forever!!! I support all union actions.

[rucky]

272. Yep!

[DLevine]

273. Solidarity. n/t

[lame54]

275. kick and rec

[unapatriciated]

276. another k&r for support

[Smarmie Doofus]

279. Chicago: the whole world's watching. n/t

[jimlup]

281. Solidarity!

[tama]

283. Remember Oaxaca nt

[Heather MC]

285. My Grandmother was teacher, My Husband was a teacher, my heart is for teachers!!!

+1

[mattclearing]

286. Solidarity. n/t

[Loki]

287. I'm standing with the teachers!

[madrchsod]

288. i marched with the teachers union a couple of years ago....

they totally rocked springfield il because the music teachers brought drums. 15,000+ union members from across illinois marching to the drums.

[proud2BlibKansan]

291. Teachers have awesome marches.

They rocked Wisconsin too.

[Tigress DEM]

289. Agree especially with your tag line

"You don’t improve education by demoralizing the people who have to do the work every day.” -Diane Ravitch

[proud2BlibKansan]

292. I wish more politicians would pay attention to that.

[90-percent]

290. I support unions

Because we need a strong middle class and a standard of living for all of us that affords the opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Hard to achieve if we're all being beaten down into corporate drones without basic human rights in our modern American totalitarian workplace!

-90% Jimmy

[Puglover]

294. I support them.

[TheUnspeakable]

295. k&r-100% SUPPORT!!!!!!!!

[rock]

296. Roger that

[2ndAmForComputers]

299. Yo