Tit for Tat

Some might call it smackdown wrestling. Sadly, that is what appears to be happening between CPS and the teachers union. Yesterday the CPS brass made 62 union member layoffs, 17 of them being teachers. Then the union came back with the idea that they may strike as early as April 1st (no joke!).

All of this is combined with the threat by CPS to unilaterally cancel the 7% pension pickup that they have made to the teachers pension plan over the past decade.

This is getting downright deplorable. Budget cuts, pensions in crisis, a huge budget deficit, layoffs, no contract, a state without a budget, more charters on the horizon, excessive borrowing...you name it and the problems persist. It's a mess and the 'tit for tat' rabble goes on and on.

Sorry kids, we adults are screwed up!!

Dick