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Old 09-03-2012, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee View Post
I hope the Chicago teachers use social media to let the public know what the real issues are. It's a very powerful outlet that isn't dependent on news sources.

Cuts to education are leading to similar situations all over. My kids have been in classes of 40 kids in high school routinely as cuts keep getting deeper.

Michigan has a ballot proposal that might be on the ballot in November (it is tied up in courts right now) about keeping the right to collective bargaining. These are the kinds of reasons it is important.
It's too bad the greedy UAW has ruined the word "union". ALL for teachers unions, police unions, fire unions. But you and I both know "union" is a bad word around here.
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