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This strike was the CTU's first since 1987, and the first strike ever for many of the teachers involved. [56] [57] Regulations required them to make contract negotiations an issue in the strike, and the teachers indeed sought better pay, better benefits, and protections for teachers who lose their jobs due to school closures. [53]
By Don Babwin and Sophia Tareen CHICAGO -- For the first time in a quarter-century, thousands of Chicago teachers walked off the job Monday, escalating a bitter contract dispute over evaluations ...
1987 Bell Helicopter strike, 3-week strike by Bell Helicopter workers in the United States. [17] 1987 Canada Post strike, strike by Canada Post workers against rollbacks of working conditions and contracting out of services. [18] [19] 1987 de Havilland Canada strike, 10-week strike by De Havilland Canada workers. [20] 1987–1988 International ...
Jacqueline Barbara Vaughn (née Robinson; July 27, 1935 – January 22, 1994) was an American Chicago Public Schools special education teacher and labor leader.Vaughn is noted as the first African-American and first woman to serve as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, the nation's third largest teachers union local from August 1984 until her death in January 1994.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is on the defensive after all seven members of the Chicago Board of Education announced their resignations Friday, an unprecedented moment in the city's history, in ...
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) finalized its decision on Wednesday to go on strike against the city's school district, the third-largest in the United States, after protracted labor negotiations ...
Striking Chicago public school teachers reported some headway at the bargaining table on Friday in a contract dispute focused on reducing class sizes and other issues that would benefit students.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 December 2024. American labor leader (1953–2021) This article is about the American labor leader. For other people with the same name, see Karen Lewis (disambiguation). Karen Lewis Lewis in 2015 President of the Chicago Teachers Union In office 2010–2014 Preceded by Marilyn Stewart Succeeded by ...