Rahm Pleads for Labor Peace
Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged Tuesday that 90 percent is a “huge number” for the Chicago Teachers Union to achieve in its strike authorization vote, but he’s holding out hope for a pre-strike settlement.
“Let’s work together, find common ground, find partnership, reminding ourselves …. [of the need to] work together to better serve the taxpayers and our main constituents, “ the mayor said.
Emanuel pushed for a change in state law that raised the strike authorization threshold to 75 percent, a benchmark so high, at least one education advocate with ties to the mayor predicted that it could never be met.
Instead, the Chicago Teachers Union roared passed that benchmark, fueled by their anger against a mayor who stripped them of a previously-negotiated, four percent pay raise and tried to muscle through a longer school day.
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
49 Comments:
This is an extremely easy. 90 per cent of teachers vote to strike. I would say 80 per cent labor in general would vote against the mayor. I'm sure 90 per cent of Fire dept as well as 80 to 90 per cent of police as well. All we have to do is remember this when it comes time for elections. Power in numbers which is what Union is all about. This guy is about breaking unions. Let's see who wins
Rahm needs to give the teachers whatever they want. karen lewis has him by the balls..
the teachers are what's preventing all those little gang banger riff raffs to be cruisin the city causing crimes.
the teachers are actually saving the city money by keeping a little gang bangers occupied and off the street.
Give the teachers what they want, then give us ours.
I would wanna know the 10% ass kissers are.
God bless you & stay strong.
We are all in this together.....not all of us realize that yet.
They will !
He hasn't been on TV much since NATO. Now he's resurfacing. Fuck Him!
like his boss....he talks but wont listen to his subjects. he s the holder of infinite wisdom...never to be questioned by mortals.
A union with BALLS.
Watch and learn FLOP.
I forgot they lost their 4%--so now, McTutu has to come up with a whole bunch of money to cover that, plus another raise?
Don't let him fool you. The money is there, the king just wants to spend it on what he wants to.
Plenty of money to pour into community colleges, etc.
Somebody ought to look into his claims that all of this new shit is being funded by 'private donations.' In this era of belt-tightening I don't buy it. More likely, .01% is privately funded.
Helllloooooooo media?
Rahm got his $18M for 18 mos. worth of work he was unqualified for.
So he's all good. Right, Rahm?
No exploitation of your political position ... no, no, no ... of course not.
SO.....Will the teachers be the first to get the dead fish from Emmanuel? Good for them!! They rock!
When that nine fingered asshole decided not to honor a WRITTEN CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT of a four percent raise, why should anyone believe anything he says. He won't honor an oath, a pledge or a contract. I wonder why?
A 90 percent "yes" vote is impressive, but more telling is the fact that less than 2 percent voted against calling a strike. For whatever reason, sick leave, LOA, etc., 8 percent of the union members did not vote. Imagine if we could muster that type of solidarity.
Funny, listen to any Democrap politician or "progressive" talk show host, and the real enemy of the Unions is Walker.
They are probably the soon to be retired ones and the ones not having to live within city limits because they have time. The rest are the ones who don't have thier time on to secure a spot! The important ones stuck together.......
You guys say a union with balls. It's not the union it's the members they stuck together. I have no opinion of shields and his team good or bad, but it does not matter what they say or do if the members stick together. Rahm just offered a b.s. overtime and you guys can't even stick together and not work it to show were gonna stick together, you don't need the F.O.P. no voluntary overtime and watch the city give in.
Anonymous said...
I would wanna know the 10% ass kissers are.
6/13/2012 12:26:00 AM
Probably the ones who realize that a strike hurts the kids more than Rahm.
I thought Republicans were the bad guys? Right all you pro-union people?
Wonder why the other unions are so quiet on this? Shouldn't they be loudly backing the teachers?
I'm talking our silly pretend unions, that are just excuses for elected members to host golf outings and eat steak dinners. I mean the REAL unions.
The Teachers have a right to be pissed; remember they were promised a 4% raise that Rahm said the City could not afford. Then he gave bonsuses to his Charter schools! The goal of the City going back to the concept of Community Councils picking Principals has been to break the Union and then put the blame for the failures of the schools on anyone but the City. Rahm is a bully and he must be confronted or we and our families will suffer. Remember, we don't get the option of working for a Federal Agency for a few months where we can make millions the way he did.
This is just more of the same "manufactured crisis" BS he's known for. Bread and circuses for the TV viewers. Both sides are on the same team. The teachers will get what they want. And he'll continue to get all their votes, along with money kicked back into his campaign and other favored 501(c)3 "non-profit" causes...and Karen Lewis will celebrate by eating a small village somewhere.
karen lewis has a strangle hold on racoon's nut sack--- that's classic--- he's already starting to squirm around...
Anonymous said...
A union with BALLS.
Watch and learn FLOP.
6/13/2012 05:28:00 AM
Because the teachers union has the leverage to strike.
91% of CTU members voted (19,614 out of 26,502 total). 98% of votes cast voted yes for the authorization (19,235), 2% voted no (379). If a contract is reached, we vote again on that. I'm not a big union person, but they take my dues anyway, and the board is not negotiating in good faith. They started off the school year by breaking our current contract, citing (undisclosed) budget shortfalls, while giving themselves huge raises.
The 10th% ass kissers as you call them are probably non votes if you did not cast a vote it counted as a no vote rahm really tried to stack the deck
the teachers need to not back down on anything now. they have rahm and just because he is now trying to portray himself as the victim the teachers shouldn't pull back the throttle at any point. our cps teachers go through so much with the gang bangers in schools. they deserve recognition and rahm is wrong for trying to take it away from them. stay strong and keep up the unity teachers. good luck.
Rahm like shortshanks is a piece of shit.
“Let’s work together, find common ground, find partnership, reminding ourselves …. [of the need to] work together to better serve the taxpayers and our main constituents,“ the mayor [TD 9.5]said.
[and totally ignore and/or forget that I, TD 9.5, would have continued to positively shit all over you, if your strike vote had failed to garner the mandatory 75% of the teacher's union members voting to strike as required by state law. Now that you have a gun to my head, I am willing to play nice, at least to your face. Now, let's all work together. Peace out.]
Anonymous said...
A union with BALLS.
Watch and learn FLOP.
6/13/2012 05:28:00 AM
We don't have a union. We have a Moose Lodge with guns. It doesn't matter what FOP wants. We don't have the ability to strike. The city can drag it's feet, declare an impasse, and take it to the hand-picked arbitrator. The city can ask for the moon in arbitration and if it is able to take anything away from us and keep the raises to 0%-2% per year, they win. If we keep everything we have, no skin off the city's nose. We have to live with any decision while the city can vote it down. I have no faith in gaining anything. I just hope we hold onto what we have now.
The 10% ass kisser question answered. Yes votes counted as yes votes only. No votes and ballots unused counted as No votes. The No vote was actually 2%.
The reason why teachers voted now was that they were still in the city and together, not on vacation. If the teachers waited until the arbitrator, the No votes (more people away) would be larger. 9.5 and the Buzzard wanted teachers to wait to vote becauses of this.
Another Hitler rant piece that I thought would be boring but it's spot on where public pensions go beyond Police & Fire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC_ult6-Tb4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Ilinois is too politically, systemically clusterfarked to dig out of the pit for decades. But, a lot of the rest of the U.S. is beginning to get it and to do something about it, now.
-not a cop
he tried to pull a fast one on the teachers with the state law change.from jump street he has not honored our contract. now he wants everyone work together. he seems to keep his word, when he has no choice, or when he deals with people he fears. if you are not a man of your word, keep your mouth shut.
I hope FOP is paying attention. Once this Prick gets his foot on the back of your neck ,He is not going to let up!Good for Karen Lewis and the CTU!We should be applauding her efforts and ALL Unions in the City should stand side by Side!
The 4% promised to the Teachers was about 80 Million. He offered 130 Million to the Principles in discrectionary funds ! (Sorry about the spelling) He has the cash, he just does not want to give it to the Middle Class. He wants to bring them down instead of demanding the poor better themselves!
Thanks for answering the 10% question. Makes me hate Rahm even more. Good Luck Teachers!
9:01 AM : Fuck You ! Are you retarded? You have probably never taught in a Chicago classroom. My Wife has been in a Public School for 18yrs and let me tell you it has been no Pick-Nick. Would you care to tell my why Teachers have become the Enemy? Is it because in the Dot-Com boom of the 90's every one coming out of College wanted the 70 to 80 Thousand dollar Middle management jobs?Now they are gone and guess what?Too fuck'in bad , you made your choice and so did ALL the Unionized City workers .City of Chicago Unions need to stick together!
If there is a teachers strike and on opening day (when the State tallies up total attendance), would zero students mean 0 dollars for CPS?
That big push for all the chittlins to be in school on the first day just to get the years tax stipend would be a disaster for Rahmberg.
Gotta hurry up and get those "Save the Children" speed cameras installed.
Good for the teachers.
We teach your kids, we protect your neighborhood, we make your coffee, we clean your office.... STOP FUCKING WITH US RAHM
Moose lodge with guns!!that is the best one I have ever heard so true kudos to u whoever came up with that
When more stories like these start popping up, more parents will be marching behind the teachers. Great story in Center Square Journal about teachers being "displaced" due to the longer school day. The school in question is literally blocks from Emperor Emanuel's back yard. Parents don't like seeing favorite teachers canned.
http://www.centersquarejournal.com/news/mcpherson-community-rallies-around-teachers-displaced-as-result-of-longer-school-day
Support the teachers with professional courtesy; give them a pass on minor traffic if it comes out during the stop they are a CPS teacher. Many have bumper stickers or something else, like a windshield parking pass that might be a "clue" to the observant eye.
WE KNOW OUR WORTH!
The Teacher
The Teachers have a right to be pissed; remember they were promised a 4% raise that Rahm said the City could not afford. Then he gave bonsuses to his Charter schools! The goal of the City going back to the concept of Community Councils picking Principals has been to break the Union and then put the blame for the failures of the schools on anyone but the City. Rahm is a bully and he must be confronted or we and our families will suffer.
6/13/2012 09:26:00 AM
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The teachers were not promised a 4% raise.
They were CONTRACTUALLY GUARANTEED a 4% raise. And Rahm Emanuel, emperor of Chicago, decided to violate that contract.
I always get a kick out of the whole "Chicago has the worst schools" thing. I think this translates to "Chicago has the worse students". You can't teach a kid who won't learn.
CPS is one of the worst school districts in America. Let them strike. I'm sorry, but public sector unions need to go. They've got the city of Chicago by the balls and I'm glad Rahm is standing up to them. Its about time taxpayers at least make an effort to get a return on their money.
Go teachers, Go. We're behind you.
“Let’s work together, find common ground, find partnership, reminding ourselves …. [of the need to] work together to better serve the taxpayers and our main constituents, “ the mayor said.
(singing) Kumbaya...
Karen Lewis has Rahm by the balls, and it's time to give the little things a squeeze. Unlucky for him, Lewis has all her fingers.
I'm a teacher and the money is definitely there. When Arne Duncan left he was making approximately 201K. Now that job title has gone up more than 25% with Jean Claude Brizard making $250 + Merit pay? They also fly in on a daily basis people from Texas (Wireless Generation Co.) to "train" us. A complete waste of time & money. They put them up in nice hotels in downtown.
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