Rahm got his head handed to him????? Seems despite several proving the stas on the avg income of CPS teachers and the facts that CPS teachers make more than any other Illinois teachers with the same credentials leaves your assessment lacking. Also lets not forget that so called Important fact about how CPS Teachers used the Kids for their own Purposes.
Lets take a look see.....
If the strike is not called off, however, Cook County Circuit Judge Peter Flynn will listen to the merits of granting the school district an injunction against the union.
"We can go to Plan B and be heard on what we think are strong legal grounds to enjoin the strike and at least get kids back in school on Thursday morning, we hope," said Stephen Patton, the mayor's top city attorney.
On Monday, school district attorneys filed hundreds of pages of court papers contending that the union's 26,000 members had no legal basis to declare the strike in the first place.
In its complaint, the district noted that Lewis made public statements stressing that union members were concerned about teacher evaluations, recall policies for laid-off educators and the potential closings of scores of schools, all of which CPS said could not be used as the legal basis for a strike.
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While new Illinois law prohibits us from striking over the recall of laid-off teachers and compensation for a longer school year, we do not intend to sign an agreement until these matters are addressed," it quotes Lewis as saying the day before the strike started at midnight Sept. 10.
The school district attorneys also made a second argument, asserting that the strike is "a clear and present danger to public health and safety." The district noted that 84 percent of CPS students are eligible for free and reduced-price meals served at the schools, that no student has been shot in a school since 2007 and that special education services are provided to 50,000 students who "may suffer from loss of or decline in critical life skills."
Several labor law experts said Monday that the city has a strong case when it says the primary issues cited by the union do not allow it to strike.
"This is a strike over noneconomic issues" said L. Steven Platt, a prominent city labor lawyer, noting that only economic issues are legal cause for a strike under state law. "Of course they insist there are other issues, but the main issues, the ones that are driving the strike, are noneconomic issues."
Zev Eigen, an associate professor at Northwestern University Law School who specializes in labor law, said he believed the city could prevail on a legal basis but questioned whether the suit would further heighten already frayed nerves on both sides of the dispute. He called the union's response "disheartening" but "predictable."......snip~
City goes back to court Wednesday, after union vote on whether to end strike - chicagotribune.com
Chicago Tribune - 38 minutes ago <<<<< More Here, Way More!
Seems many are saying that Rahm Emanuel is looking out for the kids Best Interests......
The district noted that 84 percent of CPS students are eligible for free and reduced-price meals served at the schools, that no student has been shot in a school since 2007 and
that special education services are provided to 50,000 students who "may suffer from loss of or decline in critical life skills.".....snip~
Guess you are entitled to your own Interpretation of the facts. But one thing is certainly clear throughout this thread. You have definately shown how much those kids come first thru your interpretation!!!!!
