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  • Chicago teachers anxious as union meets on contract offer

    09/18/2012 10:12:22 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 14 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | September 18, 2012 | Ellen Jean Hirst, Noreen Ahmed-Ullah, Bill Ruthhart and Joel Hood
    Chicago teachers were anxious this morning as they walked the picket line for the seventh day, worried whether union officials will decide today to call off the strike that has kept 350,000 students out of the classroom. "I'm hoping the delegates come to their senses and know that our kids need us," Mary Silva, a CPS social worker, said outside school headquarters. The Chicago Teachers Union's House of Delegates is to meet at 3 p.m. to go over a tentative contract reached during marathon negotiations last week. It could decide to end the strike while a ratification vote is taken...
  • Boycott's: Do they ever work?

    06/02/2005 8:06:12 AM PDT · by webloafer · 12 replies · 459+ views
    http://sanitybluff.blogspot.com ^ | 06-02-05 | webloafer
    Some subjects are hard to talk about, and wise men or women avoid discussing them at all. Well let me tackle one difficult subject, since I feel brave this evening. Boycotts I have never been a fan of boycotts, and see no merit to them. They hardly ever work. When a companies public stance on an issue, aggravates me, I don’t stomp my feet and swear that “none of my hard earned money will be spent on that product.” No I just rely on that little voice inside me to guide me while shopping. Not too long ago, I was...