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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Jun 23, 2011 11:57pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Author | Bob Quellos |
| News Date | Thursday, June 23, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | AT A press conference in mid-June, Chicago's new Mayor Rahm Emanuel stood in front of a checklist of his perceived accomplishments during his first month in office. He gave himself a grade of "incomplete" for the tasks he says he aims to complete during his first 100 days in office--and then praised the previous day's decision by the Chicago School Board to cancel an upcoming 4 percent pay increase for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU).
In reality, the press conference wasn't about Emanuel's accomplishments. It was another maneuver, designed to build support for his all-out attack on organized labor in the public sector, with the CTU as the first target.
Meanwhile, by the end of June, a two-year deal with unionized city workers to take furlough days and go without overtime pay is set to expire--and Emanuel is certain to press for unions to continue giving concessions in some form when negotiations take place.
As a staffer for the CTU said of this attack on the public sector:
Rahm Emanuel has amply demonstrated his contempt for the labor movement with his saber-rattling against the CTU and his threats against the Chicago Federation of Labor to gut all our pensions. His intention is to break us--either one by one or all at once. The only way Chicago unions can push back is by recognizing each individual attack as an offense against the entire labor movement. |
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