The horror of only making $76,000 a year plus a benefits package private sector workers would die for.
Via Newsbusters:
On Monday’s edition of the Al Sharpton radio show — titled Keepin’ It Real — Sharpton asked Stacy Davis Gates, the political director of the Chicago Teachers Union, “What does the city need to do to bring this strike to an end?” She announced there was an Arab Spring breaking out in Chicago:
STACY DAVIS GATES: Well, you know what’s interesting Reverend Al, is that this is sort of like an Arab Spring here in Chicago right now. Currently, there are five locals, AFT (American Federation of Teachers) locals, who are experiencing similar issues here. Eleven NEA locals have filed intent to strike within the last year. So this is not just confined to Chicago, either….
Our teachers have been bullied, they’ve been belittled by a Democratic mayor, who we think should be a friend to us. Why us? Why teachers?…Rahm Emanuel, that handpicked school board, bless their hearts. They don’t get it.