Mayor Emanuel Creates Grim Holidays for Unionized Janitors at Ohare

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 17:52

 
Unionized Janitors at Ohare Face Precarious Future
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More than 300 Local 1 janitors and window washers at O’Hare airport may lose their jobs just before Christmas this year because Mayor Rahm Emanuel awarded the contract to a nonunion contractor.  Read more »

Election Results: 87% Yes!

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Sun, 11/11/2012 - 18:03

Former aldermanic candidate, Will Guzzardi, reports on the overwhelming support for an Elected School Board in Chicago, an effort that he and others lead.

Dear Friends:

We've all seen our share of close elections. I know a thing or two about them myself. But Tuesday's vote on the elected school board referendum wasn't one of them.

Across Chicago, 65,763 people voted "yes" on the measure, while only 10,174 voted "no." 87% of voters approved the referendum [in support of an elected school board for Chicago].  Read more »

Tavis Smiley Fires Back At WBEZ's Malatia Over Smiley & West Cancellation

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 09:54

 

Broadcaster Tavis Smiley published an open letter Monday in response to WBEZ’s decision to drop his program with Princeton Professor Cornell West, Smiley & West, from the station’s lineup.

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Will Guzzardi: Why There Was a Strike.

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 14:22

 Will Guzzardi challenged Toni Berrios in the March Democratic primary for the state rep seat in the 39th district (Logan Square).  He lost by less than 200 votes. 

Dear friends and neighbors,

It's been a hectic and exciting several weeks since I last wrote you all. After we spent the summer circulating petitions to introduce the elected school board referendum, the focus of the nation was turned to Chicago's schools during the teachers' strike.

But why did the strike happen?  Read more »