Hey Chicago Teacher’s Union – How Is This Reaction Going to Help You in the Long Run

Heck It Won’t Even Help You in the Short Run

A simple quiz, a multiple choice question with only two possible answer.

1. Which of these is the Greatest Threat to the Public Employee Union Movement?

1. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker whose legislation obliterated collective bargaining rights in the state

2. The Chicago Teacher’s Union.

That’s right, if you picked b not only are you correct, but you are smarter than a Chicago teacher.

Don’t think it’s the right answer, try this on for size.  Yes, these schools are largely non-union and non of the teachers are members of the Chicago Teachers Union.  Think they will be more in demand after your strike?

Idiots

Charter schools in session despite strike

Nonunion teachers holding classes, to parents' relief; number of charters 

Advocates for public charter school lobby the Chicago Board of Education for funding fairness over the summer. (Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune / July 23, 2012)

By Jennifer Delgado, Chicago Tribune reporter

11:50 p.m. CDT, September 9, 2012

Leslie Daniels enrolled her son in a Chicago charter school three years ago because she didn't like the education he was getting in his local neighborhood school.

In the back of her mind, she also knew the school was less likely to be affected by labor problems because its teachers are not members of the Chicago Teachers Union. That's an added benefit now that the union has called for its first walkout in 25 years. All of the city's charter schools will remain open Monday.

"I'm glad I made the switch," said Daniels, 55. "I feel for the other parents because a lot of them are working. What are their children going to be doing?"