When the two sides in the current CPS contract talks can't even agree on the name or meaning of the recent CTU 'practice strike vote' then it's likely that it's just a matter of time before a real strike vote occurs and that will be easy to understand. Whether one calls the CTU vote, approved by 97% of those who cast a ballot, a 'practice vote' or a 'push poll' according to CEO Forrest Claypool, is irrelevant.
What is relevant is the fact that the sides are far apart and the prospects for both sides working to find common ground, in light of all that is taking place here in Chicago and Springfield, are dim.
By the way, a Fact Finder is required by law so a strike is not on the immediate horizon. The Fact Finder process runs 100 days before any strike can occur. So don't look for a strike until March 2016 at the earliest. Sorry to say, but I think the probability of the financial woes being properly addressed are about as dismal as the prospects for reaching settlement on a teachers contract.
Dick
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