Chicago Public Schools To Lay Off 2,110 Teachers, Support Staff

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

CHICAGO The Chicago Public Schools has announced the layoff of about 2,100 teachers and support staff, blaming the move on the failure of the Illinois Legislature to enact pension reform.

The layoffs announced late Thursday are in addition to the approximately 850 layoffs in June the district attributed to the closing of about 50 schools it considered underutilized.

Among those laid off are 1,036 teachers, the remainder are support staff, including teacher assistants, food service employees and janitorial staff.

School district spokeswoman Becky Carroll says the district is facing a $1 billion budget deficit, much of it driven by a more than $400 million pension obligation.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57594485/chicago-public-schools-to-lay-off-2110-teachers-support-staff/

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This country is rotting from within but yet we have trillions to prop up bastard states and fight foreign wars.

[ReRe]

1. Boy, this is going to go a long way in stopping the violence in Chicago streets, huh?

(Sarfuckingcasm!) Somebody, please tell me what is happening in Chicago? Is it going the way of Detroit????? Where is all the money going? What has happened to the tax base? Are people moving OUT of Chicago? Who is the Mayor and what is he doing? Oh yeah, that would be one Mr money-grubber-privatizer himself, Rahm Emanuel.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

5. "Are people moving OUT of Chicago?" Ask whether manufacturing jobs have moved out of Chicago to

foreign countries with the help of Chicago politicians (and others) to benefit the super-rich.

William “Bill” Daley (one of former Mayor Richard J Daley's sons) has been a major player is this.

When Bill Clinton (D) was pushing for Senate Democrats to approve of NAFTA, Bill Daley acted as Clinton's right-hand man. He served as Special Counsel to the President on issues relating to NAFTA's passage.

He later became Clinton's U.S. Secretary of Commerce until July 2000.

He also played a major role in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which has a major goal of shipping manufacturing jobs to foreign countries and impoverishing those in major American cities who relied upon manufacturing for employment.

At J.P. Morgan, he was the chairman at its Midwest Region's office. He knows all the big bankers or banksters.

After Rahm Emanuel (another former banker) left the White House, Bill Daley served as the White House Chief of Staff from January 2011 to January 2012.

For those who relied upon manufacturing jobs in Chicago, and apparently not qualified to be farmers in Chicago or otherwise be McDonalds' workers, good luck repeals NAFTA or otherwise changes its policy of favoring shipping jobs to foreign countries.

Rahm Emanuel is not the only big-money privatizer. Bill Daley will probably be the next Illinois Governor (because "the Republicans are worse.&quot

[ReRe]

6. I'm a wee bit disturbed....

... that this thread has almost died today. BTW, thanks for your reply filling me in on the politics of Chicago. I know neoliberalism was born in Chicago, but have the neoliberal Republicans/Democrats gobbled up that city? Is there no hope for Chicago?

[AnotherMcIntosh]

7. You ask, "Is there no hope for Chicago?" It depends. A 3rd-Wayer, Republican-wannabe will find it

to be just fine.

It will be even better for them if they can convince more voters than their opponents that they really want to make "change," which voter will inherently misinterpret as meaning change for the good.

[ReRe]

8. Yeah, that's the catch. The word "Change". Sheisters, every one of 'em. The biggest shell...

... game in world history.

Naomi Klein teaches us about the Milton Friedman's Chicago Neoliberalsin spread throughout the world, one country at a time picked off, in her book "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalsim", pub in 2007.

Neoliberals = Third Wayers = Republican-wannabes = DLC'ers

Am I on the right track, AMcIntosh?

[AnotherMcIntosh]

11. You got it. Obama had a thin resume, but I trusted Durbin who I actively supported. Fooled me.

[ReRe]

12. Oh... don't even mention the name of Durbin to me.... :-(

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Race To The Top

[Turbineguy]

3. This is good news for republicans.

Another step toward America's demise. Give the pensions to Wall street bankers! They need new yachts.

[Cal Carpenter]

4. Kick

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. kick

[veness]

10. K & R. n/t

[roamer65]

13. Next in line after Detroit?

If pensions are gutted for Detroit city retirees, makes me wonder what other cities will go the same route.
Detroit's problems first started in school funding and just got worse from there.