Why Did Chicago Teachers Go On Strike? Five Things You Should Know About The Work Stoppage
Teachers and other staff are on strike at Chicago Public Schools, after contract talks between CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union stalled.
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Teachers and other staff are on strike at Chicago Public Schools, after contract talks between CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union stalled.
School buildings will still be open for students even with classes canceled on Thursday for an imminent teachers' strike, but not every child can go.
The latest Chicago Public Schools is the city's first teachers' strike in seven years, and the seventh in the past 40.
The Chicago Teachers Union is expected to go on strike on Thursday, as it continues to bargain with Chicago Public Schools to negotiate a new contract.
Barring a breakthrough sometime Wednesday, the Chicago Teachers Union bargaining team has recommended a strike starting Thursday. Meanwhile some agencies are getting ready for an influx of students if teachers walk out.
Families are scrambling to make plans in case a Chicago Teachers Union Strike happens.
Delegates will have the final say with a vote on Wednesday, but the president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Tuesday night that the union is recommending a teachers' strike.
Ngotiations between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union wrapped up for the night with no deal Monday, as the days count down before a strike could go ahead.
This leaves many families in limbo, scrambling to make plans if school is not in session, and some come at a cost.
The Chicago Teachers Union is just three days away from going on strike if a new contract isn't reached with the city. The teachers plan to hold an indoor rally and then march through the city Monday afternoon but say they're not expecting any negotiations before then.
High school athletes could be on the sidelines if Chicago Public Schools teachers go on strike.
The Chicago Teachers Union has yet to reach an agreement with Chicago Public Schools, but CTU officials said they've opened the way to a "path" to an agreement.
The union, however, has called the city's latest offer "a joke." "We're talking about an offer that frankly was insulting to us," CTU President Jesse Sharkey said.
Chicago's teachers could go on strike as early as next week, unless its union and the district reach an agreement on a new contract.
The Chicago Teachers Union took issue with class sizes Wednesday, while Chicago Public Schools officials said they are working to combat the problem – as the days count down to a possible teachers' strike.
In a statement Tuesday night, Lightfoot said that the union's contract with CPS is "not the appropriate place for the city to legislate its affordable housing policy."
With nine days until a possible teacher strike, both the city and the Chicago Teachers' Union are blaming one another for the lack of progress.
"CTU leadership is not exhibiting the sense of urgency needed to move these negotiations forward in a substantive way to avoid a strike," Mayor Lightfoot said.
With the threat of a strike, some members of the Chicago Teachers Union are making their push for more pay public.
"There's zero plan to make up any days that might be lost as a result of a work stoppage," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said of a possible teachers' strike on Oct. 17.
Chicago teachers on Wednesday voted to pick a date of Oct. 17 to start a strike, should they not reach an agreement with the Chicago Public Schools.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Janice K. Jackson said Wednesday that city schools will be kept buildings open in the event of a teachers' strike.
Union leaders and CPS officials were meeting at CTU headquarters in the West Town neighborhood, hoping to agree to a contract both sides can support.
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