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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, second from right, announces an agreement on a new contract Oct. 10, 2016. The House of Delegates approved the new four-year deal on Oct. 19.

Chicago Teachers Union delegates endorse contract proposal

May 22, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union's influential House of Delegates on Wednesday gave its overwhelming endorsement to a tentative contract agreement reached last week with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration. The union said...

UNO teachers, charter network avert strike

May 22, 2019 at 10:37 p.m.

Teachers at one of the city's largest charter school networks reached a deal to avoid a strike after extended talks over a new contract yielded an agreement announced at about...

Gary Solomon, co-owner of SUPES Academy, shown in 2015, pleaded guilty Oct. 18, 2016, to a single federal count of wire fraud.

Key figure in CPS bribery scandal pleads guilty

May 22, 2019 at 10:47 p.m.

A key conspirator in the multimillion-dollar bribery scandal that ended former Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett's tenure pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud Tuesday in federal...

Adrian Segura, staff member at the Noble Network of Charter Schools, chants with a group of supporters during a protest held outside of the Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Oct. 6, 2016. Chicago charter schools advocates gathered to protest a provision that would cap the number of charter schools in the city under a contract with the Chicago Teachers Union.

Charter school teachers remain in contract battle, could strike next week

May 22, 2019 at 10:36 p.m.

Dozens of educators rallied outside the UNO Charter School Network's downtown headquarters Thursday to call attention to a threatened strike that could halt classes for about 8,000 students. Three days...

Costs of deal with Chicago Teachers Union not yet clear

June 9, 2018 at 11:43 a.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Teachers Union both declared victory after reaching a tentative contract settlement that averted a strike. What wasn't immediately clear, however, was the financial cost...

Parents, children and supporters walk and chant following a news conference held in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood near Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home on Oct. 10, 2016.

Chicago Teachers Union, school board reach tentative contract agreement

May 22, 2019 at 10:35 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union announced a tentative contract agreement with the school board minutes before a midnight strike deadline, meaning classrooms in the city will be open Tuesday. The two...

CTU President Karen Lewis speaks at the Chicago Teachers Union in Chicago on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Standing next to her is Jesse Sharkey, vice president of the CTU. Lewis and Sharkey declined to provide details Saturday on weekend contract negotiations.

Teachers union meets with its bargaining unit as talks with CPS continue

May 22, 2019 at 10:34 p.m.

Negotiators for the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration met for several hours Saturday at the downtown offices of a top school district labor attorney after the union...

A small group of parents of Chicago Public Schools students held a banner on the overpass of the Kennedy Expressway at Washington Street during rush hour on Oct. 7, 2016, in support of CPS teachers before a possible teachers strike next week.

Teacher contract talks enter final weekend before threatened strike

May 22, 2019 at 10:34 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration will spend the three-day Columbus Day weekend in contract talks aimed at averting a strike that would provide an even longer...

Staff, parents and supporters of the Noble Network of Charter Schools and other Chicago charter schools march in protest downtown before a rally held outside of the Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Oct. 6, 2016.

Charter school teachers vote to strike Oct. 19 if no deal reached

May 22, 2019 at 10:34 p.m.

Teachers at a major charter school network on Thursday demanded a share of the attention focused on the Chicago Teachers Union's contract talks by declaring they will strike Oct. 19...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis addresses members of the media during a press conference on March 23, 2016.

CPS, teachers union meet with strike looming

June 12, 2018 at 4:18 a.m.

After talking for well over a year without resolution, Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union met Wednesday to begin the final stretch of contract negotiations before a threatened strike...

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