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| EMANUEL: One less headache |
Thereby
avoiding the image of striking school teachers further blotting the public
image of Mayor Rahm Emanuel – who already has endured one teachers’ strike
during his mayoral stint and surely would like to avoid another.
IT
HAS BEEN for so long that Emanuel and the Chicago Teachers Union have been
enemies, doing whatever they could to undercut each other. So much so that it
was the teachers’ union that was the reason Jesus Garcia was able to run a
serious campaign against Emanuel last year for mayor.
But
this week, the teachers union said they received a “serious offer” from the
Chicago schools. They’re not saying what it is. But say it will be contemplated
by the union’s Big Bargaining Team on Monday, and could soon get a
recommendation to the union as a whole to support.
An
actual contract in place, instead of the teachers’ strike that too many people
had presumed was inevitable.
In
terms of specifics, the union would only say they would have to make financial
concessions in exchange for protections of education quality and job security.
Which shows that the union can spew political gobbledygook as well as any
politician.
BUT
THE CHICAGO Public Schools says significant concessions are being made by both
sides. Which if accepted would ensure the current school year does not get
interrupted – which would be a massive headache for parents.
And
you don’t mess with those parents. It is the reason why the one part of the
state government budget for Fiscal 2016 that Gov. Bruce Rauner did sign into
law was the part for public education.
He
knows how deep in doggie doo he’d be right now if he had school parents peeved
at him along with everybody else.
And
if there really is a contract, then it is one less headache for Emanuel to have
to cope with – no matter how intense the headache caused by his police
department’s behavior may be.
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