those with closest relation to reality on ground give the most support to strike - against delusional and destructive fantasies of alienated billionairs. How can that be???

Even before his election he looked bad for CTU and the children they educate and families they serve


Rahm Emanuel his campaign had nearly $12 million. A good chunk of those reserves came from the exact same people who donated over $3 million dollars to Stand 4 Children, the out-of-state organization responsible for the latest legislative attacks on the Chicago Teachers Union.
On education issues of importance to our members - from elected school board to an educator superintendent, etc. - he is out of touch and directly opposes the CTU's official positions.
Emanuel makes no secret of his intent to reduce our pensions, strip our bargaining rights, and greatly expand the presence of charter and turnaround schools throughout the city.
Emanuel has also supported efforts to impose merit pay and link teacher evaluation to test scores.

http://www.ctunet.com/municipal/mayoral-candidate-profiles

the issues the teachers had to use in order to strike in the first place.

They are part of the pushback against the privatization of public funds and the destruction of the Public School System. It's a lot bigger a cause than the basic issues that were used to initiate the strike.

I am just glad that more and more people are waking up to what is going on in this country regarding the takeover of all of its institutions by For-Profit Corporations.