May Day Madness with the Chicago Teachers Union

May Day Madness with the Chicago Teachers Union – City Journal

"Some appropriate field trips for Chicago students would consist of the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, and Brookfield Zoo—not protest marches attended by activist groups and unions such as the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda or the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)."

May Day Madness with the Chicago Teachers Union

Before students can engage in civic action, they must first learn to read and write.

Reflections on the May Day demonstrations from a native Chicagoan

Growing up in Chicago, May Day was always something discussed in my history classes but was never taught as a positive event, or something to be repeated.  My understanding of May Day has always been that it marked a tragedy. The 1886 Haymarket Affair was an event in which labor unions in Chicago held a protest to demand an eight-hour workday.  The gathering turned violent when an unknown protestor hurled a bomb at Chicago Police officers, setti…