Tom talks with Laughing Liberally Chicago
The beer is cheap, the lineup insanely awesome. What more could you ask for?
Quotation, clarified
My letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, published over the weekend. Regarding John Fund’s “As Wisconsin’s Battle Heads to Court, Unions Try to Oust a Judge” (Cross Country, April 2): Mr. Fund says that I believe paying union dues should be voluntary. Sure, a membership that pays dues voluntarily will be more [...]
Default is not an option
New opinion piece in Politico.
More on the Chicago Teachers Union battle
Progress Illinois has a good write up on the issue: A federal court ruled that Chicago Public School teachers laid off last summer for budgetary reasons have the right under the U.S. Constitution to show they are qualified to fill new vacancies within the district as they arise. In the ruling, the judges affirmed a [...]
Tenure Rights Restored in Chicago
From the Chicago Teachers Union: 03/29/2011 Teachers won an important battle in the war for quality schools today. The right for teachers to due process in terminations–tenure–has been restored. President Lewis urged CPS to take this opportunity to begin building trust with its teachers and PSRPs by implementing a fair recall policy immediately as ordered [...]
Join Tom in Indianapolis for a discussion on social democracy v. the American model
On Tuesday, March 29 on the IUPUI campus, Labor Studies and West European Studies will co-sponsor a panel discussion featuring Tom Geoghegan, a Chicago labor lawyer and author of many books, including his latest: Were You Born on the Wrong Continent? How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life. Tom will be joined [...]
A Moveable Filibuster
Tom weighs in on the Wisconsin 14 boycott.
New York Times – Room for Debate
In the U.S., the over 43 million people living in poverty aren’t going to save. We have an inequality index that can go head to head with Egypt’s. Of course food’s cheaper here, so no one’s in the streets. As for the middle class, the collapse of unions explains the rest.
A Look at Miguel del Valle
… a Regular Chicago Guy Who Wants to Be Mayor
