Chicago’s longtime chief labor negotiator sizes up Paul Vallas, Brandon Johnson

Jim Franczek, Chicago’s chief labor negotiator (Sun-Times file)

The April 4 mayoral runoff between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson has been portrayed as the candidate of the Fraternal Order of Police versus the candidate of the Chicago Teachers Union.

Jim Franczek, the city’s chief labor negotiator, doesn’t see it that way — and he’s in a unique position to know.