Chicago Teachers Union use police arrests to create made-for-TV drama
By Victor Skinner, EAGnews.org
The Chicago Teachers Union is at it again.
Tag Archives: union protests
Chicago School Closing Protests: Teachers Union Leads Final Day Of Marches As CPS Plays Defense
The Huffington Post
The Chicago Teachers Union will wrap its three-day march in protests of Chicago Public School closings with a Monday afternoon rally in Daley Plaza.
Teachers’ Union To Wrap Up Three-Day Protest Of School Closings
CBS Chicago
City streets could be full of protesters again on Monday, as the Chicago Teachers Union wraps up a three-day march to voice opposition to plans to close more than 50 public schools.
Teachers union plans to file federal suits to stop school closings
By Noreen Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune
A week before the Chicago Public Schools board is to vote on the closing of 53 elementary schools, the Chicago Teachers Union says it plans to file two federal lawsuits to stop the district.
Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers
By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers.
Unions can’t drown out public discontent
By Thomas Fitzgerald, Philadelphia Inquirer
It’s hard to make out the speaker’s words on the video as he argues for the wisdom of privatizing the state liquor stores during a news conference in the rotunda of the Pennsylvania Capitol.
Global labor protests mark May Day
By David Agren, USA TODAY
Protesters armed with pipes, spray paint and slingshots marched through this state capital south of Mexico City, vandalizing public buildings to express opposition to teacher competency exams and the revoking of the right to sell their jobs to the highest bidder.
The Union Way: Cheat Kids, Get Award
By Bob Parks, The National Center for Public Policy Research
My father was a teacher, so I know that teaching can be an all-consuming profession. Nonetheless, it’s the job that my father chose — as do today’s educators. There’s no involuntary draft.
Film-incentive bill sparks outcry from local union
By Ben Steelman, Star News Online Response on social media was swift and negative to
