Chicago schools brace for possible strike over Rahm Emanuel's reforms

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 6:18pm |

Teachers prepare for Monday walk-out if union and district officials can't agree on mayor's changes to pay and evaluations

Reuters, September 9, 2012

Talks between teachers in Chicago and officials from the US's third-largest school district looked to go down to the wire Sunday, ahead of a looming strike over mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms.

Both sides expressed varying degrees of optimism late Saturday about chances of averting Monday's walk-out, although school district officials sounded more hopeful than union leaders. School board president David Vitale said he thought the district's latest proposal was "very close" to what was needed for a deal. Talks are expected to carry on throughout Sunday [....]

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Teacher Strike Begins in Chicago, Amid Signs That Deal Isn’t Close:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/education/teacher-strike-begins-in-chi...

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 2:19pm

I read briefly that Mitt is trying to "pin" the strike on Obama via Emmanuel and Obama's support for unions.

But as I understand it, Emmanuel is fighting the union, at least over some things. But maybe consistency is the hobgobblins of small minds.

Pouncing on this does feel desperate. Try anything; see what sticks.

by Anonymous Peter... (not verified) on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 2:30pm

Thousands of teachers strike in Chicago, parents scramble

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/us-usa-chicago-schools-idUSBRE8870DL20120910

by EmmaZahn on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 3:16pm

Scrambling and

More than 80 percent of Chicago students qualify for free lunches

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 8:08pm

Wow:

Paul Ryan on Chicago Teachers’ Strike: ‘We Stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’
The Note @ ABC News, September 10

PORTLAND, Ore. — Paul Ryan crossed party lines and voiced support for one of President Obama’s biggest backers today, saying, “We stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel” in his fight with Chicago’s teachers, which led the union to call the city’s first teachers’ strike in 25 years.

“If you turned on the TV this morning or sometime today, you probably saw something about the Chicago teacher’s union strike,” Ryan said at fundraiser at the Governor Hotel here. “I’ve known Rahm Emanuel for years. He’s a former colleague of mine. Rahm and I have not agreed on every issue or on a lot of issues, but Mayor Emanuel is right today in saying that this teacher’s union strike is unnecessary and wrong. We know that Rahm is not going to support our campaign, but on this issue and this day we stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.” [....]

by artappraiser on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 8:19pm

This is no surprise at all--if he was going to comment, that is. As between laying into a teachers' union versus laying into the Mayor of Chicago that was totally predictable.

This must be "try to impress an independent" week for R/R.

by AmericanDreamer on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 10:30pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel to striking Chicago teachers: See you in court

By Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2012, 6:32 p.m.

The Chicago teachers strike may not end the way they want it to: Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans Sunday evening to sue the union and force what he called an illegal strike to end immediately.

“I will not stand by while the children of Chicago are played as pawns in an internal dispute within a union,” the mayor’s office said in a statement. “This was a strike of choice and is now a delay of choice that is wrong for our children.”

After little over two hours of reportedly contentious deliberation on Sunday afternoon, 800 teachers union delegates voted against ending the strike after negotiators from the district and the union had reached a tentative deal [....]

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/16/2012 - 10:24pm

Can't say I've been looking at this in any detail. Just watching the peripheral reactions, including the liberals I know, and all I can say is that the Chicago teachers have no clue about Public Relations - i.e. none of them took a communications course when they were getting their degree. Strikes of this nature and media coverage are more about perception than substance, and in this arena they have totally failed.

by Elusive Trope on Sun, 09/16/2012 - 11:59pm

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