The November 2019 Issue of Substance
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Stories about Substance editor George N. Schmidt on Oct. 2018 Substance homepage
Dozens of stories about editor George N. Schmidt, who died on Sept. 17, 2018, are published on the October 2018 Substance News homepage. Stories about George’s personal life appear on the left column of . . .
Media Watch: Sickening outrage in Chicago Sun-Times editorial regarding policy it says "make sense"
The Chicago Sun-Times editorial board was so outraged about the CTU contract's provision regarding teachers banking unused sick days that it called teachers "pathetic."
Other rhetorical delights — by editorial page editor Tom McNamee . . .
Report on the November 2019 meeting of the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates
Salary schedules, sick days, strike make-up days, and the vote on the tentative agreement were discussed during the November 12, 2019, meeting of the Chicago Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates. The meeting started on . . .
House of Delegates votes to suspend strike
In order to vote on the tentative agreement, another special meeting of the Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates was called on October 30, 2019. The meeting started about 6:04 p.m. This special meeting was . . .
