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Editorial Article: SelectScience announces new CEO and investment partner Vespa Capital SelectScience Limited is delighted to announce two major developments as it steps up its mission to make the world healthier 02 Feb 2021 Kerry Parker, the new CEO of SelectScience SelectScience Limited is delighted to announce two major developments as it steps up its mission to make the world healthier. For over two decades, SelectScience has been providing vital and trusted information to scientists global...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 26 The Mercury News and East Bay Times on California's easing of coronavirus restrictions: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to lift regional stay-at-home orders across the state makes absolutely no sense. The governor’s irresponsible action Monday is the latest in a series of blunders that is severely damaging California’s ability to end the COVID-19 crisis. The drop in the...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 26 The Mercury News and East Bay Times on California’s easing of coronavirus restrictions: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to lift regional stay-at-home orders across the state makes absolutely no sense. The governor’s irresponsible action Monday is the latest in a series of blunders […]

Chicago Teachers Reject Reopening Plan, Refuse to Return to In-person Work Thousands of Chicago’s public school teachers on Monday refused to return to classrooms, halting the effort to bring back in-person learning to the city. The move comes after the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced over the weekend that its members have voted to defy the Chicago Public School’s (CPS) reopening plans and continue to work virtually out of their online classrooms. The CPS, which serves over 355,00...

Since Chicago Public Schools started requiring staff to report to in person — despite no agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union on reopening — each side has pushed a different narrative about conditions in schools and at the bargaining table. CPS has chaperoned media tours at handpicked schools where every coronavirus safety protocol appears to be followed: temperature checks at the main entrance, HEPA air purifiers in each classroom, masks, social distancing reminders on floors and wall...

Chicago Public Schools brands collective action to stop in-person learning “illegal” To close schools and fully fund remote learning, Chicago educators have formed the Chicago Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee. This committee is independent of the CTU and Democratic Party and aims to unite educators, parents, students and the broader working class to prepare strike action to close all schools and nonessential workplaces. We call on all Chicago educators, parents and students to join ...

Subscribe This afternoon will be sunny and mild with a high near 40 degrees, but temperatures will plunge overnight; the low will be around 17 degrees. Tomorrow will be sunny with a high near 25 degrees. Top story A decision by the Chicago Teachers Union to refuse in-person work and instead continue teaching remotely because of health and safety concerns would constitute an “illegal strike” in the eyes of Chicago Public Schools officials, the district wrote in a letter to all teachers and s...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times A decision by the Chicago Teachers Union to refuse in-person work and instead continue teaching remotely because of health and safety concerns would constitute an “illegal strike” in the eyes of Chicago Public Schools officials, the district wrote in a letter to all teachers and staff on Thursday. Though union leaders have been careful not to call their planned action a strike since teachers intend to keep working from home, CPS human resources chief Matt Lyons...

  "(The reason I became a negotiator) was the challenge of being involved in these high-pressure incidents and resolving situations where people are in crisis. "These are the bread-and-butter jobs for negotiators, when people go into crisis and I think the challenge of working within a team to resolve the situation is quite appealing to me." They bring with them a career and a wealth of life experience, each having their own unique backgrounds that can help resolve some seemingly impossibl...