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Striking teachers marched in picket lines outside hundreds of Chicago schools on Thursday after their union and city officials failed to reach a contract deal in the nation's third-largest school ...
The 2019 Chicago Public Schools strike was a labor dispute between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union (which represents the school district's teachers and some of the paraprofessional and school related personnel) and the Service Employees International Union Local 73 (which represents the district's support staff and a majority of the paraprofessional and school related ...
The strike is Chicago's first major walkout by teachers since 2012 and city officials announced early Wednesday that all classes had been canceled for Thursday in hopes of giving more planning ...
Chicago Public Schools teachers hit the picket lines and downtown streets Thursday after the Chicago Teachers Union and CPS failed to reach a deal despite months of negotiations.
Stacy Davis Gates is the current president of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), a labor union that represents teachers, paraprofessionals, and clinicians in the Chicago public school system. She was elected in 2022 after serving as vice president and a member of the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators.
A strike of Chicago Public School teachers that occurred in 2019 was significant enough to garner support from national politicians. [10] Illinois holds the record for the longest teachers' strike to date. This was an eight month strike beginning in October 1986 in Homer, IL. [11]
Public school classes in Chicago were canceled Friday for the third straight day as the city and the teachers’ union remained at odds over returning to in-person learning amid the rapid spread ...
A comprehensive chronological list of strikes from ancient times to the present, organized by date, place and country. Includes general strikes, labor movements, lockouts, riots and massacres related to strike actions.