The Chicago Teachers Strike Is Over. What Did Teachers Gain?
Chicago teachers and students returned to school Friday after an 11-day teacher strike.
Chicago teachers and students returned to school Friday after an 11-day teacher strike.
The Chicago Teachers Union says the deal is contingent on the mayor agreeing to make up the days lost to the strike.
The striking Chicago Teachers Union says the city has enough money to meet its contract demands. The mayor says there is no more money.
The mayor unveils $160 million in TIF money for schools — to cover existing offer for the striking teachers union, not for other demands.
Saying the city hasn’t met its demands, the teacher union is hitting the picket lines. The mayor called the deal it offered “historic.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s getting ahead of an expected Chicago teachers strike on Thursday.
The CTU is recommending that its elected delegates vote on Wednesday evening to strike and is “overwhelmingly certain” they will agree.