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.