The Chicago Teachers Union polled its 25,000 members Thursday on questions involving the school board as part of what one official called a "dry run" for a potential strike vote.
Union officials said they undertook the poll in part to figure out logistics for a strike vote if negotiations with the district break down. Under a state education reform passed last year, the union would need to get approval from 75 percent of its total membership before a strike could occur.
What with Rahm's latest Springfield tactics, we imagine this is going to go forward. Funny how Shortshanks kept the teachers in line by lying, promising them the world, passing the buck to Springfield, and Rahm can't keep up the pretense for a full year before a strike vote is going to go down.
This gives a few of our readers a bright idea - what if a certain Fraternal Order took an informal poll? Something along the lines of this:
- Although the FOP is not allowed to strike, and any advocacy of a strike is grounds for immediate termination and dissolution of the union, would you, as a Chicago Police Officer, vote for a strike if the opportunity was granted to you?