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Chicago Union Boss Blasts Pritzker On Her Way Out

Posted on March 18, 2013 by WFI Staff

Apparently, Chicago union bosses like to bill themselves as the nation’s foremost authorities on everything Penny Pritzker.  A longtime and very valuable Obama fundraising ally, Pritzker recently resigned from the Windy City’s school board to possibly accept the President’s nomination … Continue reading →

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The Gift That Never Stops Giving

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Fred Wszolek

By Fred Wszolek In the closing days of Board Member Brian Hayes’ term, the three union partisans placed on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by President Obama – two of whom have never been confirmed by the U.S. Senate … Continue reading →

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No End To Big Labor’s Hunger For Workers’ Money

Posted on October 25, 2011 by WFI Staff

wo Chicago union lobbyists chalk up a day of substitute teaching to qualifying for a full state teacher pension. The City of Chicago granted these lobbyists, both of whom were union employees, state teacher pensions after they passed “crony qualifications” by substitute teaching for one day, according to a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation. Continue reading →

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