You have to admire these dedicated, selfless public servants. Turning down a 16% raise over the next 4 years. I guess the teachers didn't like the change in health insurance costs and the fact that they would be evaluated based, in part, on test scores.
There is no limit to the greed of a teachers union. I've been involved in 2 of these negotiations in my town, you would not believe the fear tactics the union uses. It's repugnant.
Gimme, gimme, gimme.
This is not good timing for a high-profile teachers strike. Public sentiment is starting to turn against these greedy, parasitic unions.
Chicago teachers to go on strike after talks with district fail | Fox News
When Calvin Coolidge was president, the Boston police threatened to go on strike. Coolidge fired every single one of them on the spot, saying famously that no one ever has the right to strike against public safety. It would be sweet if Chicago oficials did the same thing, on the basis that no one has the right to strike against the public good. God kows that in this economy, the city of Chicago would have zero trouble filling those positions.
I saw a striker holding a sign saying "On strike for better schools". Sorry, I must have missed it when they proved a correlation between teacher compensation and student performance.