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The strike began on October 17, 2019, when both unions failed to reach a contract agreement with Chicago Public Schools over compensation, benefits, staffing, wrap-around services such as counselors, nurses, and librarians, and caps on class sizes. [2] [3] On October 31, the strike officially ended when the mayor and the Chicago Teachers Union ...
A Chicago teachers strike could be weeks away if there isn't a last-minute deal between the union and the nation's third-largest school district. The Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday set a ...
Striking Chicago teachers are preparing for an extended walkout and trying to increase public pressure on Mayor Lori Lightfoot, with a downtown march set for Wednesday around the time the first ...
Karen Lewis ( née Jennings; [2] [3] July 20, 1953 – February 7, 2021) [4] [5] [6] was an American educator and labor leader who served as president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Chicago's division of the American Federation of Teachers, from 2010 to 2014. For nearly 20 years before becoming president of the teachers union, she was a ...
April 29, 2024 at 2:56 PM. CHICAGO - Formal contract negotiations began Monday between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools. The CTU says the last three rounds of contract talks ...
On September 10, 2012, the Chicago Teachers Union began a strike after CTU President Lewis declared that negotiations with the city were not succeeding. This strike was the CTU's first since 1987, and the first strike ever for many of the teachers involved.
Chicago schools will expand COVID-19 testing and have standards to switch schools to remote learning under a hard-fought tentative deal approved by teachers' union leaders. Students were poised to ...
Superintendent Ruth B. Love offered raises between 1.6% and 4.8%, but the teachers' union rejected the proposal. The strike ended with the teachers receiving a 5% raise, 2.5% bonus and a one-year pact. Chicago Public School teachers went on a ten-day strike from November 23 to December 3, 1984, which resulted in a 4.5% raise. In 1985, the ...