7:59 a.m. CTU members be a part of picketing instructor assistants in Decatur Instead of heading to Lincoln Yards to protest for a CPS contract Tuesday, handful of Chicago academics will likely be touring three hours south to Decatur to affix picket traces with the Decatur Teacher Assistants union, IFT Local 4325. CTU has organized a “Solidarity Road Trip’ via shuttle bus for about 50 teachers. “The paraprofessionals of this union are in a tough spot,” the union wrote in an electronic mail to members. “Their school administration refuses to budge on health insurance and other issues. CTU, with IFT support is organizing to send a coach bus full of CTU members, to support these
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Walgreens boosts cost-cutting objective – Chicago Sun-Times
Walgreens earnings tumbled 55% in its fiscal fourth quarter on bills tied to its cost-cutting program, however the drugstore chain topped Wall Street expectations. The Deerfield-based firm additionally mentioned Monday it was setting a better objective for its cost-cutting program, and it anticipated fiscal 2020 earnings to come back in roughly flat when adjusted for foreign money modifications. The firm posted adjusted earnings of $5.99 in fiscal 2019. Analysts anticipate, on common, earnings of $5.95 per share, in response to FactSet. Walgreens runs greater than 18,750 shops internationally however has been trimming its complete as a part of its plan to chop prices. Walgreens has been hit by challenges together with reimbursement cuts and lower cost
Trump’s Chicago imaginative and prescient: Hateful rhetoric gained’t kill
Welcome again, your goals had been your ticket out/ Welcome again, to that very same outdated place that you just laughed about/ Well, the names have all modified because you hung round/ But these goals have remained, they usually’ve circled. The bubble-gum lyrics come from the John Sebastian theme music of the 1970s hit TV present, “Welcome Back, Kotter.” They serenade a instructor who returns to his outdated highschool. Replace “Kotter” with “President Trump” and it’s a distinct, not-so-sweet music of Donald J. Trump’s long-overdue return to Chicago. Welcome again, Mr. President! Air Force One lands Monday morning at O’Hare Airport for Trump’s first go to to Chicago as
Chicago academics strike 2019: Friday’s reside updates
3:30 p.m. Teachers rally could also be transferring onto Lake Shore Drive It seems the civil disobedience coaching the CTU hosted yesterday could turn out to be useful for members at present. As hanging academics and assist workers attempt to transfer their rally onto Lake Shore Drive, a Chicago police officer instructed them he couldn't shield them in the event that they deviate from a protected route and onto Lake Shore Drive. “If you go otherwise, you all saw Charlottesville,” the officer stated to strikers. “If someone hurts you, that’s on you. I cannot protect you.” The rally began Friday afternoon at Buckingham Fountain. — Matthew Hendrickson and Alison Martin 2:55 p.m. Is a academics
Chicago trainer strike 2019: Thursday’s stay weblog
6:53 a.m. Schools workers feeling the pinch As the times with out pay add up for hanging lecturers, safety guards and different college employees, many say they're beginning to really feel the pinch of their pocketbooks. Neither CTU nor SEIU Local 73, which represents hanging help workers, has a strike fund to cowl misplaced wages. Officials with each unions, although, stated Wednesday they're now trying into whether or not such funds might be arrange briefly order to supply aid to employees. Meanwhile, Chicago Public Schools may cease contributing to lecturers’ medical insurance premiums as early as subsequent week when the month ends. Married {couples} who work for CPS face a double-whammy. Both Anna Davis, a particular
CTU strike: Photos from the picket line throughout Chicago
Waves of crimson and picket indicators have been arduous to keep away from these previous couple of days throughout Chicago because the academics union began staging their strike since Thursday, Oct. 17. CTU educators, SEIU members and supporters all through the town have been taking to the picket line simply earlier than daybreak as the 2 unions undergo their strike. The academics union walked off the job after failing to achieve a cope with Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Lori Lightfoot by the Oct. 16 deadline. The academics union introduced Tuesday that it's planning to strike by way of Thursday, and presumably subsequent week. The occasions of the previous days haven't been restricted to
Chicago academics strike 2019 updates: CPS cancels Tuesday
Early Monday morning, Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey mentioned CTU and Chicago Public Schools might attain an settlement in “a day or two,” however by the tip of the day, the union’s hopes had been “dashed” for a fast decision because the day got here to an finish. What occurred? Here’s how the talks between CTU and CPS broke down after a day of pointed letters, exuberant rallies and forfeited soccer video games. 10:06 p.m. Mayor says talks went nicely, criticizes union for not sending full staff to desk Tuesday The mayor responded to the union’s claims saying she was truly inspired by progress in negotiating. She once more requested academics to return to work.