3:06 p.m. Union responds to Lightfoot letter Asked Monday afternoon whether or not the union would think about the mayor’s request, CTU bargaining crew member Alison Eichhorn stated “that’s not gonna happen.” ”I don’t know if the mayor is aware of what unions do, however we’ve gotten extra offers, extra tentative agreements, in these final two days than we've got in 10 months,” Eichhorn stated. “So it’s actually up to the mayor. When we’re talking about bargaining in good faith and we’re talking about a sense of urgency, we have had urgency for 10 months.” Click right here to learn the letter and be taught extra about what it means for contract talks. ”The final thing
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Here’s the Dish: NBC Sports Chicago unlikely to look on
In 2007, my household made the pilgrimage from town to the suburbs. Comcast cable had offered our TV package deal, so we organized for the service to be moved. Then the Big Ten Network launched, and Comcast didn’t choose it up. Faster than you possibly can say “Oskee Wow Wow,” I cancelled Comcast and signed on with Dish Network, which provided a promotion that included BTN. For 12 years, we subscribed to Dish. Carriage disputes popped up right here and there, as with all TV supplier, they usually had been resolved with out vital interruption. Dish’s expertise improved over time, and we had been pleased with it. But when Fox, Fox Sports 1 and BTN
Chicago lecturers strike 2019: Thursday’s reside updates
6:54 a.m. Teachers arrive at their colleges bearing indicators and sporting CTU pink Amid chants of “Whose schools? Our schools” and “Lori Lightfoot, get on the right foot,” educators have begun to picket exterior the faculties the place they train. About 50 putting lecturers gathered on the main intersection of Addison and Western exterior Lane Tech College Prep, beneath the varsity’s digital signal.
Chicago police officer hit by CPD automotive throughout pursuit of gun
A Chicago police officer was struck by a CPD car responding to a pursuit Thursday in Lawndale on the West Side. According to preliminary data, officers had been monitoring a funeral once they tried to have interaction an armed individual, CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi mentioned. As police responded, the officer was on foot when he was struck by an CPD car, Guglielmi mentioned. The officer was transported to a hospital in good situation, he mentioned. A police spokeswoman initially mentioned the struck officer was pursing a suspect who tossed a gun out a automotive’s window when the officer was struck close to intersection of Ogden and Drake avenues. The seek for the gun suspect is
2 Chicago teenagers killed in Hammond crash
Two youngsters from Chicago have been killed Monday in a crash in Hammond, Indiana. The pair, an 18-year-old girl and a 17-year-old woman, was concerned in a crash about 11 p.m. close to the intersection of 108th Street and Indianapolis Boulevard in Hammond, in line with the Lake County coroner’s workplace. They have been each pronounced useless lower than an hour later. Both victims have been from the southeast facet of Chicago close to the Indiana border, the coroner’s workplace stated. An post-mortem Tuesday stated that each died of blunt pressure trauma and dominated their deaths an accident. Hammond police didn't instantly reply to a request for particulars in regards to the crash. Source hyperlink
Chicago taxpayers shouldn’t pay for extra instructor prep time
Regarding Jim Morris’ letter from Oct. 4, “Giving teachers more prep time is good for Chicago’s school kids:” Apparently Mr. Morris, an Evanston resident, thinks it’s okay for Chicago taxpayers to pay Chicago Teachers Union academics for extra prep time and thereby shorten the time for precise instruction. Teachers should not paid an hourly wage. They are paid an above-average wage to carry out their job of instructing Chicago college youngsters. As in different professions, a wage requires that the individual do no matter is important to arrange for his or her work day. If which means working nights and weekends or coming into work early, so be it. No skilled (be that individual a
35,000 Chicago academics, faculty assist employees and park
Chicago’s academics, faculty assist employees and park district employees have set a joint Oct. 17 strike deadline, giving town and 35,000 public workers lower than 15 days to hammer out offers and keep away from leaving almost 300,000 college students out of faculty with town’s parks shut down. Though an precise work stoppage may nonetheless be averted if City Hall and the unions come to an settlement within the coming days, the strike date possible ensures the tense negotiations will come to a head this month. Leaders from the Chicago Teachers Union and Service Employees International Union Local 73 — the union that represents some faculty assist employees and the vast majority of Chicago Park District