On Monday, something happened that I haven’t seen or heard of since I started working for the district more than 22 years ago. Principals and assistant principals from all parts of Chicago attended a meeting of the Chicago Board of Education to give direct feedback to the Board about the way schools are rated in our district.
By a partisan 3–1 vote, the National Labor Relations Board’s GOP majority shrank the size of union buttons and other insignia workers can wear on the job.
Union activism, success in community-backed strikes and the record numbers of unionists elected to public office is the real story of unions this year.
