At a time when 23,000,000 United States' Citizens are UNEMPLOYED, unions are showing their selfish un-American attitude: "We can screw you and we will get our pay rise."
When the US is in one of two worst recessions in the last 100 years, unions are just selfish to strike or demand any pay raises.
Unions workers are for the most part over-paid and under-worked.
Union workers should be happy to even have a job in this recession. Remember 23,000,000 Americans are unemployed - many of them are unions workers. Union workers who lost their jibs because the company they worked for went out of business - in part because of the large union wages and pensions the businesses were forced to pay.
YET, like the Chicago teachers' union strike or the American Airlines pilot "sick-in," unions are showing how anti-American and selfish they really are.
Unions should not be able to strike or get a pay raise until the unemployment rate drops to below 5%.
And that;s the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Chicago Teachers Cheated the Children
The teachers and their union said it was "ALL ABOUT THE KIDS."
Well in order to meet the terms of the new contract with pay raises,
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SCHOOLS NEED TO BE CLOSED!
How's that for helping the children.
Now Children will have to be bused further and spend more time on the buses every day.
That will help the children.
Children will have to get up earlier to meet the new and longer bus schedules.
That will help the children and their parents.
Now children will get home later with less time for play and maybe homework.
That will help the children.
But let us not forget that the highest paid teachers will not get a 16% pay raise.
And that money will come out of extra state taxes and higher real estate taxes.
The Chicago teachers are greedy.
The Chicago teachers have the lowest preforming students in the nation.
The Chicago teachers and their union have screwed the people of Illinois.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford.
Well in order to meet the terms of the new contract with pay raises,
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SCHOOLS NEED TO BE CLOSED!
How's that for helping the children.
Now Children will have to be bused further and spend more time on the buses every day.
That will help the children.
Children will have to get up earlier to meet the new and longer bus schedules.
That will help the children and their parents.
Now children will get home later with less time for play and maybe homework.
That will help the children.
But let us not forget that the highest paid teachers will not get a 16% pay raise.
And that money will come out of extra state taxes and higher real estate taxes.
The Chicago teachers are greedy.
The Chicago teachers have the lowest preforming students in the nation.
The Chicago teachers and their union have screwed the people of Illinois.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Chicago Teachers only care about money
The strike was scheduled weeks before the strike.
How do I know?
On strike day at 12:01 AM RED strike shirts and PRE-PRINTED signs were
being handed out to picketers.
If this strike was not planned, then these items would take 1 or 2 days to produce.
And why are the teachers striking? FOR MONEY.
These teachers must know that the USA economy is deep in a recession.
YET instead of being happy they have jobs, they are asking for a pay raise!!!
They originally wanted a whopping 36% pay increase.
The teachers don't give a damn about the children.
45% of Chicago high school student drop out.
84% of graduating Chicago High School students read at a 4th grade level.
The Chicago school year is the shortest in all of the USA.
The Chicago school day is the shortest in all the USA>
So lets summarize:
1) The teachers can not teach and have not taught..
2) The students are short-changed in an education.
3) The teachers work the least in the USA
4) The teachers want a 36% pay raise!
5) The average teachers' pay salary for 9 months is $77,000
6) The average Chicago household yearly income is $44,000
And where will any teacher pay raise come from???
The money comes from your Illinois state taxes and your real estate taxes.
You and I are paying for these teachers who can not teach, who produce the worst
students in all the USA in the least amount of time spent teaching at the highest salary.
What do you think??
I think ALL these teachers should be fired and replaced with new teachers at
a salary comparable to the average Chicago household income of $44,000.
That's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford.
How do I know?
On strike day at 12:01 AM RED strike shirts and PRE-PRINTED signs were
being handed out to picketers.
If this strike was not planned, then these items would take 1 or 2 days to produce.
And why are the teachers striking? FOR MONEY.
These teachers must know that the USA economy is deep in a recession.
YET instead of being happy they have jobs, they are asking for a pay raise!!!
They originally wanted a whopping 36% pay increase.
The teachers don't give a damn about the children.
45% of Chicago high school student drop out.
84% of graduating Chicago High School students read at a 4th grade level.
The Chicago school year is the shortest in all of the USA.
The Chicago school day is the shortest in all the USA>
So lets summarize:
1) The teachers can not teach and have not taught..
2) The students are short-changed in an education.
3) The teachers work the least in the USA
4) The teachers want a 36% pay raise!
5) The average teachers' pay salary for 9 months is $77,000
6) The average Chicago household yearly income is $44,000
And where will any teacher pay raise come from???
The money comes from your Illinois state taxes and your real estate taxes.
You and I are paying for these teachers who can not teach, who produce the worst
students in all the USA in the least amount of time spent teaching at the highest salary.
What do you think??
I think ALL these teachers should be fired and replaced with new teachers at
a salary comparable to the average Chicago household income of $44,000.
That's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Chicago Teachers Union
The United States of America is in a recession.
There are about 23,000,000 people without job.
That's Twenty Three MILLION unemployed Americans.
Now comes the Chicago Teachers Union demanding a pay increase of about 16% over a few years.
And they say it is all about the children. BullSh#t!!!
The children of Chicago are in school - the least time of ALL USA Cities.
Chicago school years are the shortest in the USA.
Chicago Class time per day is the shortest in all the USA.
The Chicago Teachers do less work per day and per school-year than all the other school districts in the USA.
The net result of all the children learning is - about half of Chicago students drop out plus those who graduate from High School can not read better than a 4th grade grammar student.
And these teachers say the strike is about the children.
I say IT IS ABOUT GREED.
I believe about 25% of all the Chicago teachers should lose their jobs and be replaced with teachers that teach and inspire.
But that will not happen. WHY? Because the union protects bad teachers from being let go.
Why? Because the unions want to increase union dues. And the only way to justify an increase is to get teachers raises.
The Unions DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
THE UNIONS DO NOT CARE HOW A STRIKE FOR A PAY RAISE AFFECTS PARENTS.
THE UNIONS ARE SELFISH.
WE NEED TO STOP THE UNIONS FROM BEING ABLE TO HOLD THE CITY OF CHICAGO HOSTAGE FROM THEIR STRIKING.
JUST LIKE THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE RULES ABOUT UNIONS' ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE.
REMEMBER, ANY RAISE FOR TEACHERS' PAY COMES DIRECTLY OUT OF ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS POCKETS THROUGH STATE AND REAL ESTATE TAXES.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford.
There are about 23,000,000 people without job.
That's Twenty Three MILLION unemployed Americans.
Now comes the Chicago Teachers Union demanding a pay increase of about 16% over a few years.
And they say it is all about the children. BullSh#t!!!
The children of Chicago are in school - the least time of ALL USA Cities.
Chicago school years are the shortest in the USA.
Chicago Class time per day is the shortest in all the USA.
The Chicago Teachers do less work per day and per school-year than all the other school districts in the USA.
The net result of all the children learning is - about half of Chicago students drop out plus those who graduate from High School can not read better than a 4th grade grammar student.
And these teachers say the strike is about the children.
I say IT IS ABOUT GREED.
I believe about 25% of all the Chicago teachers should lose their jobs and be replaced with teachers that teach and inspire.
But that will not happen. WHY? Because the union protects bad teachers from being let go.
Why? Because the unions want to increase union dues. And the only way to justify an increase is to get teachers raises.
The Unions DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
THE UNIONS DO NOT CARE HOW A STRIKE FOR A PAY RAISE AFFECTS PARENTS.
THE UNIONS ARE SELFISH.
WE NEED TO STOP THE UNIONS FROM BEING ABLE TO HOLD THE CITY OF CHICAGO HOSTAGE FROM THEIR STRIKING.
JUST LIKE THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE RULES ABOUT UNIONS' ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE.
REMEMBER, ANY RAISE FOR TEACHERS' PAY COMES DIRECTLY OUT OF ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS POCKETS THROUGH STATE AND REAL ESTATE TAXES.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Who really pays for the teachers?
Teachers are paid out of yours and my real estate taxes.
We, the citizens, are the real employer.
We need to be able to control when or IF teachers can strike.
AND we need to demand more from the teachers.
AND we need to demand more of our children.
We need to break the connection between any union and the government. We need to change the rules which allow teachers, fire and police to demand negotiations with the state or city - specially when the state and city are millions or billions of dollars in debt.
Teachers - fire and police unions should not be able to strike or "just not show up on a selected day."
These unions are SERVANTS of the people - not the other way around.
Particularly, the Chicago teachers do not need nor have they earned a raise in pay. The Chicago teachers are over paid now and are offered excessive pension benefits. The "product" these Chicago teachers produce is sub-standard. And the drop-out rate is excessive compared to all other school districts or even a minimum standard.
When these teachers retire, your real estate taxes with pay for their retirement every year.
What will you get from your real estate taxes??? Absolutely nothing!
Someone needs to stand up to these quasi-governmental service professions and stop the automatic pay raises.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Union strikes hurt everyibe
When union teachers threaten to walk out on strike, the teachers do it with zero consequences and the children get the shaft. The children pay the price of a teachers' strike.
Let me explain.
The children lose class time. Pure and simple - the children lose.
The teachers get paid an hourly salary to walk the strike lines while knowing that after the strike they will get all their back-pay. And the teachers have less time to send in the classrooms. Teachers have nothing to lose to vote for a strike and go out on a strike.
WHAT IS WRONG HERE???
WHAT LESSON DOES THIS TEACH THE CHILDREN?
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Let me explain.
The children lose class time. Pure and simple - the children lose.
The teachers get paid an hourly salary to walk the strike lines while knowing that after the strike they will get all their back-pay. And the teachers have less time to send in the classrooms. Teachers have nothing to lose to vote for a strike and go out on a strike.
WHAT IS WRONG HERE???
WHAT LESSON DOES THIS TEACH THE CHILDREN?
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
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