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In a sane world, this would result in this woman stepping down from her position, and a serious legitimacy challenge for the organization moving forward.
Public Employees have no right to strike without consequence. If you are a teacher who refuses to teach, well, then we shouldn't pay you to do it. CTU has gone full nuts.
With the city facing the threat of a teachers strike, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis focused attention on Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday in an incendiary speech that likened the Republican governor's actions to terrorism.
"Rauner is the new ISIS recruit," Lewis said during an address at a packed City Club of Chicago luncheon, using a term that refers to the Islamic State terrorist group.
"Yes, I said it, and I'll say it again," Lewis continued. "Bruce Rauner is a liar. And, you know, I've been reading in the news lately all about these ISIS recruits popping up all over the place — has Homeland Security checked this man out yet? Because the things he's doing look like acts of terror on poor and working-class people."....
Lewis' City Club speech came four days after the union rejected contract recommendations of an independent arbitrator, opening the door to a strike as soon as next month. Lewis said the city is heading toward another teachers strike, but that no decision has been made on when a walkout might take place. The union has been in negotiations with the school board for well over a year to replace a contract that expired June 30.
Claypool, in a letter to Lewis on Wednesday, asked the union to agree to "final and binding interest arbitration in lieu of a strike" and wrote that the district is "at a loss as to how a strike would solve or even advance a solution to the considerable challenges that CPS faces.
"In our view a strike whether in May or in August or in September would be devastating to our students and parents," Claypool wrote. Claypool also noted that arbitration "has been used in Chicago for our police and fire contracts for decades."...
Public Employees have no right to strike without consequence. If you are a teacher who refuses to teach, well, then we shouldn't pay you to do it. CTU has gone full nuts.