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TexasTowelie

(117,268 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:16 PM Oct 2019

Chicago teachers to strike amid no contract deal

CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on (all times local):

6:20 p.m.

Chicago teachers are set to go on strike after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation's third-largest school district.

Both sides have been negotiating for months over issues including pay and benefits, class size and teacher preparation time.

The Chicago Teachers Union said Wednesday night that teachers will strike Thursday. Union members held a banner that read, "On Strike," as they announced it at a news conference that was streamed on the union's Facebook page.

Roughly 25,000 teachers are expected to participate in the work stoppage. The district preemptively canceled Thursday's classes earlier Wednesday but plans to keep schools open and staffed with non-union employees.

Read more: https://www.news-journal.com/ap/national/the-latest-chicago-teachers-to-strike-amid-no-contract-deal/article_f1698563-c09a-5437-b111-e39b9c853c0f.html
(Longview News-Journal)

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Chicago teachers to strike amid no contract deal (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
give them what they want highmindedhavi Oct 2019 #1
 

highmindedhavi

(355 posts)
1. give them what they want
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:49 PM
Oct 2019

liberal city, liberal state, they should be the examples to the rest of the country

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