WASHINGTON (AP) - a large number of teachers' strike in Chicago provides a high-profile test, for the national union of teachers, saw their political influence threatened, more and more reform movement, aims to improve the ailing public schools.
These reforms include expanding charter schools, let private company participation and failure of the education, the teachers' evaluation on students' examination result.
The leaders of the European Union is taking an important position, to teacher's evaluation, in Chicago, one of the key problems of the dispute. If they lose exist, it may produce ripple effects in all parts of the country.
The teacher and the national education association - the largest teachers' unions - the us federal already in all parts of the country's judicial jurisdiction defense, republicans and Democrats are seeking more concessions to improve the ailing public schools.
After decades of members and influential growth, now of the Labour union is in a weak position, a think-tank, independent of the American enterprise institute rick Hess said.
, "Hess said:" they're playing worse terrain and they face opponents like, they have not faced the.
The strike has the influence of the presidential election, because it pit Chicago teachers union - AFT of the oldest place - the Chicago's mayor lhamo · Emmanuel, the former chief of staff President barack Obama. Obama is depend on the support of Labour union, to help his re-election, but his government support and trade union snarl reform.
The teacher go Monday's work, for the first time in 25 years including a raise, the classroom condition, work safety and teachers' evaluation problem. Emanuel tried to extract more concessions and school district teachers face deficit of almost 700 million dollars.
Main teacher hit in recent years rare, and compared to the 70 s and 1960 s, when the teachers often go on strike a better salary and improve bargaining rights. And the trade unions are generally get what they want and in the past, today they face is more severe climate.
As the economy is weak, the trade union found large-scale teacher layoffs, increasing the number of students per class and school districts cannot or do not wish to improve the teachers' salary. Other public employees union, they also attacked republican governor Scott walker Wisconsin, last year signed a measures to curb the functionaries of the state, the collective bargain rights and limit benefits, etc.
2.2 million NEA has lost more than 100000 members, since 2010, as a public school teachers was less successful, and open more charter schools, most of which is no trade union organization. In 1.5 million the stability of the AFT year growth has reached a plateau.
"They must be in the defense, Ingersoll said:" Richard, at the university of Pennsylvania's education and sociology professor. "They are been attacked. Most of the time, they were demonised, on the other hand also have very clever, progress of the elements in the teacher's movement, who want to come to the front, this and do it way, is a fair."
In the past, teachers' unions can count on the White House Democrats back their representative. But Mr Obama's education secretary arne Duncan, who is promoting a lot of change, trade union against Chicago former head of public schools.
"In many ways, Obama government has signed the reform, education society to apply to the teacher is very conservative," said Richard KaLunBeiGe century foundation, an independent think-tank in Washington.
National energy bureau HeGuoKu department vigorously support Obama ran for re-election, although his government support policy, expanding charter schools and weaken the use and base the teacher evaluation of students' achievement how much better. Chicago strike may test the alliance, Obama down to take public positions, support union.
Evaluation of teachers to students how many, Obama's education policy is an important part of. His government has approved immunity, make many countries from the heavy demand, the bush era, the no child left behind law. In order to get a saving throw, and every country in other ways, commitment to display their students and schools, and increase the closer the teacher evaluation, taking students' test scores.
Chicago union think, the new evaluation system of teachers, too dependent on standardized test scores, without considering the external factors, such as students poverty, violence, and the homeless might impact performance.
Hess said, Chicago strike has already become an important test, the trade union lost their efforts, remember a Wisconsin governor.
"If it looks like the union fold, especially in a Wisconsin high-heeled shoes, this is a huge blow union," said Hess. "If the union seems to win, it is a blow to the mayor of dedicated to reform, and puts forward some unions sail wind."
There is a big difference, but, in Wisconsin and between Chicago,.
Although walker effective public employees union collective bargain rights challenge, both sides in Chicago has in the traditional labor to negotiate. Area put forward by 16% and increases more than four years, both sides has basically come to an agreement a longer school day. But the security of the work and the new evaluation system of teachers, controversial.
AFT President randy's said, trade unions and don't want to strike, but to do so only as a last resort "talks, leave CTU members don't feel respect." She enumerated one problem is the mayor's decision, this year the deprivation of teachers agreed a 4% pay rise.
"This is a long-term battle, everyone will see," said Eric Hanuskek, education in the United States Stanford university Hoover institute (Hoover Institution) senior researcher. "The other American teachers union wants to know whether they should follow the example of."
Teachers' unions also more and more nervous, how they are represented in the upcoming Hollywood movie called "no retreat," is set to open at the theatre on September 28,. The movie tells the story of a mother's task, take control daughter's primary school failure.
Thousands of meal has blasted the film "the most obvious stereotype, is what I have seen cartoons" and unfair trade union accused the state school problems. The leaders of the European Union is anger, the film was screened in the democratic national convention in north Carolina charlotte city, the city of Los Angeles mayor Antonio villa lai gerben gaza - convention chairman -




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