The nation's health insurance crisis would be the most important issue before Americans were it not for the war for oil in Iraq.
In our city, the Chicago Teachers Union's demand that the school board pay more toward health care premiums illustrates the issue. Teachers are prepared to go on strike over it.
The proposed board contract contains more than 200 provisions. Three issues remain unresolved: the proposed contract's length, length of the school day and how much teachers pay toward health care premiums.
Compared with a proposed 46 percent pay raise to an average salary of $63,395 by year five for the typical teacher (master's degree, five years' service), the …
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