The Chicago Teachers Union kicked off what it says will be a week of informational picketing, while Chicago Public Schools began ramping up preparations for a potential teachers strike.
The union representing staff at Chicago libraries picked up discussions Friday with the city for the first time since the library system announced that it would close all neighborhood branch locations on Mondays for the foreseeable future.
Despite billions of dollars in private donations and government money, a staggering number of Haitians remain in tent camps. And a recent cholera epidemic – which has claimed 5,000 lives – has only made life worse.
“We just want to get paid a decent wage for a decent number of hours, an 8- or 10- or 12-hour day. Anything above that would be overtime.” Sharon Ferguson, based in LA, has danced in music videos for the last couple decades. She’s seen it all.
