Chicago Teachers Union | South Town Star: Miller: CTU plays school reform group for suckers
The non-profit 'reform' organization Stand for Children spent a lot of money to influence Illinois legislators, changing the threshold needed to strike by public unions to 75%. Then, with the mayor's support, they moved to implement a number of measures that, according to CTU, run contrary to good teaching. See Stand for Children director Jonah Edelman brag about having outsmarted the unions on this video. So, now post-strike, with significant public support for the teachers' unions, what has been gained by this heavily funded attempt to undermine teachers' unions?
