Union leaders hailed the passage of the bill, remarking that they had avoided any uproar like that which took place recently in Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio over budget cuts affecting schools, social services, wages, benefits and workplace rights of public employees. The website of the Chicago Teachers Union proudly proclaims, “We Avoided Another Wisconsin.”
On April 14, the Illinois Senate abruptly and unanimously approved a bill containing sweeping attacks on teachers, with fulsome support of the state education unions.
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