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Strike-ending ‘framework’ in place for Chicago teachers as Labor flexes muscle
Strike-ending 'framework' in place for Chicago teachers as Big Labor flexes muscle Union members from as far away as Boston were expected to flock to Chicago on Saturday to rally and march in solidarity with teachers as a week-long strike that steamrolled the city inched closer to a resolution. That…
Chicago teacher: They didn’t think that we were serious
Union delegate Darryl Reed explained Monday that the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) began their strike on Monday to prevent teachers from being unjustly fired. “We’ve been saying all along that the [Chicago Public School system] did not think that we were this strong, did not think that we were serious,…
Rush Limbaugh: Chicago teacher strike a ploy to re-elect Obama
Conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh on Monday speculated that the Chicago Teachers Union’s strike was a secret plot by the Obama campaign. “You watch, [Chicago mayor] Rahm Emanuel himself is the guy who said, ‘never let a crisis go to waste,” Limbaugh said. “We know that the unions and…
More than 26,000 Chicago teachers go on strike
Citing disagreements over health benefits, evaluations and job security, Chicago’s teachers’ union went on strike as of Monday morning for the first time in 25 years. “We know a strike is really going to be painful,” union delegate Jay Rehak told The Chicago Tribune. “People will be hurt on both…
Parody: Rahm Emanuel explains what he’d really like to do to Chick-Fil-A
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel touched off a firestorm last week when he announced his support for a local alderman’s attempt to prevent a Chick-Fil-A franchise from opening in his upscale neighborhood. “Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values,” Emanuel said in a statement, referring to the company’s opposition to same-sex marriage.…
Vertical farm in abandoned Chicago pork plant turns waste into food
Urban farming is being taken to new heights in an abandoned Chicago pork processing plant where environmentalists hope to “get off the grid” by using the waste from one crop to feed and power another. Schools of tilapia are already swimming in water cleaned by the roots of leafy greens…
Food prices could skyrocket as U.S. harvest continues to wilt in blistering heat
Chicago corn price jumps by 3% to highest since last autumn as maize, soybean and wheat yields also suffer due to drought Fears that food prices will rocket at the end of the year after a poor US harvest were heightened after predictions that a drought across the Midwest will…
Chicago woman charged with stealing ambulance
A 30-year-old Chicago woman was charged for allegedly stealing a Chicago Fire Department ambulance late Sunday, according to police reports to NBC Chicago. Cassie Weathersby is accused of taking the truck around 10:50 p.m. outside St. Bernard Hospital and was arrested after she crashed into another vehicle, police said. Weathersby,…
‘Untouchable’ U.S. prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald steps down
CHICAGO — Chicago lost a modern-day “untouchable” Wednesday as Patrick Fitzgerald — a feared US prosecutor who has locked up terrorists, mobsters and two governors — announced his resignation after more than 10 years. The tough-talking Fitzgerald, 51, made a name for himself in New York where he helped prosecute…
Fourth person charged in NATO summit molotov cocktail plot
Sebastien Senakiewicz charged with terrorism offences, but police decline to say whether he is linked to three other arrests A fourth person has been charged with terrorism related offences in Chicago, as protests continued with an anti-capitalist march on Saturday night. Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, was arrested on Thursday. Police say…
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