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excellent question

NBCT guy asks an excellent question about the CPS demand on the CTU dropping its litigation over the 4% raise and several other issues. There is a real possibility of this case being a winner, otherwise CPS would not want it as part of this deal. Fitch rating agencies also believed the case had legs.

I would estimate that the case could have created a judgement against the Board of at least $100 million that would result in direct payments to CTU members. There is no doubt the case would take years and years of litigation, but the fact that CPS ended FY12 with a cash balance raises questions about how legitimate the emergency in fact was.

If the CTU agrees to waive this litigation then what are they getting in return? If they get something it may be worth it, if not its probably not worth it.

Rod Estvan

Rahm's Injunctive Relief Threat is a Loser

Who is advising Rahm to file for an injunction? He needs a better attorney.

Rahm can try to get an injunction, but it doesn’t smell like a winner.

(1) Students are not endangered because of the strike but because of the dangerous conditions of the city. No proof that student deaths, or injuries of any kind, have come during school hours during the strike. In fact, there's plenty of evidence that proves the danger is after school would be out of session, besides. There are reams of stats from this summer and just look at this weekend's shooting totals. The violence in Chicago cannot be tied to the teacher's job action.

As to the health of students, thanks to the city's "children first" centers, any child who needs a meal can get one. Thus, the impact on student health is de minimis.

(2) The union has consistently said that it is not striking over prohibited issues. the union is striking over compensation and working conditions. However, the union will give up money to have the other issues on the table. In fact, the union has come a long way from initial demands of $$$ and from the arbitrator's recommended pay increase. By tying the issues of evaluation and recall into a compensation trade off, the strike is legal. The feds do it all the time. The feds have no jurisdiction under the Constitution to control educational matters. To do so, the feds must tie money to the mandate. You want Title 1 funds, then you have to comply with NCLB. You want Race to the Top funds, then you do this. It's analagous to what the CTU is doing.

(3) Unfair labor practices: there's a good chance that the CPS will be found to have violated law by imposing new working conditions on teachers when the CPS needed to follow the old agreement until a new agreement was hashed out.

On an interesting side note, looking at another CTU v CPS suit, the teachers have a very strong chance to winning back the 4% the board took away. The evidence so far doesn’t show a financial emergency. The CPS has to open its books, and what the CTU lawyers are finding isn’t helping the CPS case at all. Wouldn't that be a kicker?

I'm not sure how Rahm and his advisers thought this would play out, but from a legal standpoint, his team is really making a hash of this.

Labor Attorney with 18 years of experience in the trenches. (please feel free to forward this to the CTU attorneys. I hate to see someone pretend the law is silly putty to be bent to his will, like Rahm apparently feels).

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