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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks at the Merchandise Mart after leaders voted against a contract proposal from Chicago Public Schools on Feb. 1, 2016.

Chicago Teachers Union says outsourcing nurses bad for students

June 11, 2018 at 4:05 a.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union wants the district to scrap a multimillion-dollar deal for outsourced school nurses, saying in a newly released report that hiring nonunion nurses puts the system's 400,000...

Participants hold signs Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, during a Chicago Teachers Union rally at Butler Field in Grant Park.

State board rules against Chicago Teachers Union effort to get back pay for teachers

June 8, 2018 at 11:51 p.m.

A state labor panel on Thursday rejected a Chicago Teachers Union effort to get Chicago Public Schools to pay salary increases mandated by a contract that expired last summer. The...

State launches investigation of Chicago Public Schools’ finances

May 15, 2019 at 3:23 p.m.

The Illinois State Board of Education launched an investigation of Chicago Public Schools' finances Thursday, two weeks after Gov. Bruce Rauner ordered a review of the district's books as part...

Nicolle Heller, a parent of a fourth-grader at Skinner North Classical School, asks questions regarding budget issues on Feb. 12, 2016.

Chicago school principals find ways to deal with budget cuts

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

A day after Chicago Public Schools announced millions of dollars in cuts to school budgets, Walter Payton College Prep Principal Tim Devine told his Local School Council that he'd have...

Chicago Public Schools slashes budgets midyear

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

In a move the district acknowledged was unprecedented for the middle of a school year, Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday cut millions of dollars from school budgets, forcing principals to...

Chicago Teachers Union members shut down the Congress Parkway at Wells Street during protest , Feb. 4, 2016. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Thousands rally downtown for Chicago Teachers Union

May 22, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

Throngs of protesters organized by the Chicago Teachers Union clogged Loop streets during Thursday's evening rush hour to voice opposition to the district's move to slash budgets and stop paying...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's low public rating on improving the city's schools comes as his administration is struggling with the Chicago Teachers Union over a new contract.

Teachers union has triple the public support of Emanuel

May 15, 2019 at 3:20 p.m.

Three times as many Chicagoans side with the teachers union as with Mayor Rahm Emanuel on how to improve public schools at a time when the two sides remain locked...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool takes questions from members of the media Feb. 2, 2016, during a news conference at CPS headquarters in Chicago to respond to the Chicago Teachers Union's rejection of a contract offer.

Chicago Teachers Union calls proposed cuts by district ‘an act of war’

May 15, 2019 at 3:19 p.m.

One day after the Chicago Teachers Union rejected a contract proposal from Chicago Public Schools, district officials said they would slash school budgets and stop paying the bulk of teachers'...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters in an Illinois Central Management Services storage facility with unboxed computers behind him Feb. 2, 2016, in Springfield.

Rauner tries to jump-start dead CPS takeover plan

May 15, 2019 at 3:20 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday he's directed his State Board of Education to begin a financial review of Chicago Public Schools and start a search for a new superintendent, even...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis listens Feb. 1, 2016, at the Merchandise Mart as other members speak about why they rejected a contract proposal from Chicago Public Schools.

Chicago Teachers Union bargaining team rejects city’s contract offer

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union rejected a four-year contract offer from the city, with union leaders saying they approved of certain provisions in the proposal but were concerned about the cash-strapped...

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