A legal filing made Friday in Middlesex Superior Court seeks to expand an existing case, brought by the state and Newton School Committee against the union, to include parents in a class action.
Illinois public-sector unions are perfecting and promulgating a model for subjugating Americans to union interests. Their model has three steps: control the kids, control politicians and control the law. It’s highly effective, and toxic to the future of any state that embraces it.
That the progressive teachers union is taking sides in this race where incumbent Danny Davis and Collins are staunch progressives will have important impact only if translates into raising money for Melissa Conyears-Ervin, the Chicago city treasurer, and boosting turnout for her in the March19 primary.