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Paul Ryan on Chicago teachers strike: ‘We stand with Rahm Emanuel’

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Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke out against the Chicago Teachers Union strike on Monday, saying he stands behind Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's opposition to the demonstration.

"Mayor Emanuel is right today in saying that this teacher's union strike is unnecessary and wrong," Ryan said in Portland, Ore., according to a pool report transcript. "We know that Rahm is not going to support our campaign, but on this issue and this day we stand with Mayor Rahm Emanuel."

More than 26,000 education professionals in the Chicago area did not attend work on Monday over a contract negotiation dispute with the Chicago Board of Education.

President Barack Obama's administration declined to comment on the strike. Emanuel, elected mayor in 2011, was Obama's chief of staff from 2009 to 2010.

Here are Ryan's full remarks:




If you turned on the TV this morning or sometime today, you probably
saw something about the Chicago teacher's union strike. I'd like to
make a couple of comments about that because it does matter. I've
known Rahm Emanuel for years. He's a former colleague of mine. Rahm
and I have not agreed on every issue or on a lot of issues, but Mayor
Emanuel is right today in saying that this teacher's union strike is
unnecessary and wrong. We know that Rahm is not going to support our
campaign, but on this issue and this day we stand with Mayor Rahm
Emanuel.

We stand with the children and we stand with the families and the
parents of Chicago because education reform, that's a bipartisan
issue. This does not have to divide the two parties. And so, we were
going to ask, where does President Obama stand? Does he stand with his
former Chief of Staff Mayor Rahm Emanuel, with the children and the
parents, or does he stand with the union? On issues like this, we need
to speak out and be really clear. In a Romney-Ryan administration we
will not be ambiguous, we will stand with education reform, we will
champion bipartisan education reforms. This is a critical linchpin to
the future of our country, to our economy, to make sure that our
children go to the best possible school, and that education reforms
revolve around the parents and the child, not the special interest
group. This is something that's critical for all of us.


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This must be an awkward situation for Obama. On one hand he and Rahm go way back and Rahm was his chief of staff. On the other hand he needs union support this election.

[lys]

He needs the union dollars. Actual union members have not always been supportive voters.

[darnkatz]

Ew. Of course they do. Three snakes slithering together.

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I admit, I don't know anything about the Chicago teacher strike, other than that they are on strike. With all they have on their plate, I'd be surprised that Romney/Ryan could be very informed about the issues and the negotiation. Seems like a kneejerk, anti-labor reaction. I think it's really strange that they would comment on a local labor issue that isn't in either of their states - heck, it's not even a battleground state so that wasn't a consideration either.

[teflep]

Sept 11, 2012 20:06:27 GMT -5 darnkatz said:

Ew. Of course they do. Three snakes slithering together.

Why are they snakes? It seems like IL has quite the mess of an evaluation system now so I am curious...something needs to change, it seems.

[teflep]

Sept 11, 2012 21:59:58 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Sept 11, 2012 21:48:47 GMT -5 teflep said:

Why are they snakes? It seems like IL has quite the mess of an evaluation system now so I am curious...something needs to change, it seems.

I don't think Rahm is a snake. I really, really like him. The CTU is an out of control bully union. Testing as a measure of EITHER student performance, school performance, or teacher performance is a bad idea (though even on the 5 year plan, it will only be weighed as 30% of the teacher evaluations). Federal mandates regarding education almost always cause more problems than they solve. I mean, the list of problems here is endless.

HOWEVER, teachers need to be regularly and rigorously evaluated. Their job is too important for them to sit back all Amy Winehouse "no no no." They need to come to the table with SOMETHING that does not place longevity as the primary criteria for raises, promotions, and retention.

So, this isnt that either side is a snake, or a saint, here, then? Am I reading that correctly? (FTR-that is often the case, but kelbrian came out in 2 threads with guns ablazin).