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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 ...
In spring of 2018, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Association of Charter Teachers and Staff Local 4343 voted to merge, with the charter educators forming a new division within the CTU. On December 4, 2018, CTU members at the Acero charter school network initiated the first strike at a unionized charter school in US history.
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.
The strike in the nation's third-largest school district came after the Chicago Teachers Union confirmed Wednesday night that its 25,000 members would not return to their classrooms.
More than 300,000 Chicago students will miss another day of classes as contract talks between striking teachers and the school district remain at an impasse. Chicago Public Schools announced ...
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 ...
There are currently 18 schools in the charter school network: 1 middle school and 17 high schools. [5] Noble schools are public and open to all students in Chicago and there is no testing required for admission. [6] The student population for Noble Network schools is 98% minority and 89% low-income.
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 ...