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TheChicagoTeachersUnion https://www.dailykos.com/news/TheChicagoTeachersUnion News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 07:33:48 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 07:33:48 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Unions, Education and The Chicago Teachers Strike https://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/9/21/1135036/-Unions-Education-and-The-Chicago-Teachers-Strike The Chicago Teachers Union strike, and the recent rallies held in conjunction, speak to a problem larger than the conventional <a target="new" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/chicago-public-school-teachers-highlight-perennial-debate-teacher/story?id=17202417#.UFedgEK8K4Q">meme</a> of pay increases, tenure, or pensions.  Chicago Teachers want better working conditions. They realize as no other employees might; the environments in which they work fashion the future of our nation.  Our children's education is at-risk. Twenty-five years have passed since Chicago Teachers Union members have gone out on strike.  These Educators realize as do all workers. Unions today are not the powerhouses of yesteryear.  According to a study by Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld, unionization among private-sector full-time employees fell by 40% between 1984 and 2002.  Indeed, as cited in <a target="new" href="http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/western/pdfs/Unions_Norms_and_Wage_Inequality.pdf">Unions, Norms, and the Rise in American Wage Inequality,</a> "From 1973 to 2007, private sector union membership in the United States declined from 34 to 8 percent for men and from 16 to 6 percent among women. Inequality in hourly wages increased by over 40 percent in this period." The reasons are stark. rss@dailykos.com (Bcgntn) Children Community Education Labor Lessons Parents Rescued Schools Strike TheChicagoTeachersUnion Unions _1135036 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:45:36 +0000