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Of football refs, retail politics and an unusually quiet state delegate
Nobody asked me but . . . I was worried about Pat McDonough, the Republican state delegate who represents parts of Harford and Baltimore counties. We hadn't heard from him all week. This was really odd. Usually, when there is mob violence in our...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Politics, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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NFL follows corporate America's game plan in referees dispute
The one thing about the National Football League on which almost everyone agrees is that it takes its job of providing first-rate entertainment very seriously. That could be one explanation for the league's effort to supplement the pleasure of watching...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations
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Rejecting test scores as a core value
It wasn't about money. It was about respect. That's what Chicago teachers union president Karen Lewis kept reminding the public during the seven-day teachers strike that had parents scrambling and kept 350,000 children out of class. But there was way...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Career and Workplace, Rahm Emanuel, Teachers, Karen Lewis
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It's the teachers in a squeaker
Which side won in the Chicago Teachers Union strike? I've heard and been asked the question many times since the union suspended its seven-day walkout and its members returned to the classroom Wednesday. The easy, vague answer is that both sides won. The...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Politics, Chicago White Sox, Career and Workplace, Illinois Elections
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Striking a blow for choice
On Monday, Sept. 10, the first day the Chicago Teachers Union was out on strike, 350,000 public school students — and their parents — were left high and dry. But for 52,000 other youngsters enrolled in public schools, it was just another day...
Tags: Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago Mayor, University of Washington, Bothell
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CSO strike also has national overtone
No sooner had a weeklong strike by Chicago public school teachers been settled than a walkout by musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra over the weekend again focused national attention on labor matters in the city. The strike resulted in the...
Tags: Music Industry, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Politics, Chicago Teachers Strike
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Strike lessons learned
What are the lessons learned from the Chicago Teachers Union strike and its battle with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and what does the future look like going forward? "This didn't have anything to do with the children; this was an adult fight," said the...
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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What would Neva Boyd think?
In Chicago, last week was for the playing of games. Three of Chicago's best-trained game players — Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong — landed lucrative, career-making gigs on "Saturday Night Live," a tantalizing reminder of the...
Tags: ImprovOlympic, Career and Workplace, University of Chicago, Chicago Teachers Strike, Karen Lewis
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Teachers' contentions
"Our members are not happy. They want to know if there is anything more they can get." So said Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, Sunday evening after its House of Delegates refused to call off its strike against Chicago Public Schools...
Tags: Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike, Karen Lewis, Movies
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CPS kids would need vouchers to attend 'unreal' schools
When Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis led her members out on strike this week, she said real school would be closed. "Negotiations have been intense but productive," she said. "However, we have failed to reach an agreement that will prevent a...
Tags: Roseland, Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rahmpelstiltskin could come out any day now
If the striking Chicago teachers wanted to see the mayor as some angry Rahmpelstiltskin — stamping his feet in those in curly-toed boots, shrieking to be paid for spinning all that straw into gold — they'll have to wait a few more days. It'...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Chicago Teachers Strike, Karen Lewis, The New York Times, Barack Obama
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Port strike numbers are out to sea
Big, round numbers always get people's attention. Numbers such as $1 billion, which has been bandied about as the economic loss per day nationally from the eight-day strike that shut down most of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. That figure...Tags: Media Industry, Collective Contract, Vehicles, Career and Workplace, Politics
Sep 26, 2012
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Sep 26, 2012
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Sep 21, 2012
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Sep 23, 2012
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Sep 23, 2012
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Sep 23, 2012
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Sep 19, 2012
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Sep 14, 2012
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Sep 18, 2012
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Sep 12, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 5, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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