How contract affects teachers’ pocketbooks
As the drama over the Chicago's teacher contract unfolded, district and union officials cited base salary increases amounting to 2 or 3 percent per year. Details of the tentative agreement...
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CPS teachers to vote on proposed contract in early October
After a seven-day strike and heated negotiations over a new contract, Chicago teachers will begin voting on the tentative agreement within two weeks. Teachers will cast ballots at their schools...
Teacher gains debated
While Chicago's teachers may have drawn national attention to their cause, it's still unclear whether what was achieved at the bargaining table during a seven-day strike was worth the disruption...
Back to school
Delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday to call off their seven-day strike, sending some 350,000 public schools students back to class Wednesday morning and ending the daily scene...
Chicago teachers mull contract details, continue strike
What was thought to be a done deal unraveled Sunday as Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis was unable to sell union delegates on ending the teachers strike, likely leaving...
Teachers rally as lawyers fine-tune possible contract
Thousands of teachers from Chicago and beyond rallied at a Near West Side park Saturday as lawyers labored into the night at a Loop office to turn a framework for...
‘Framework’ reached to end teachers strike
The outline of a new teachers contract is in place and if the remaining pieces can be completed in talks Saturday, union delegates could vote this weekend to cancel the...
Teachers strike heads into second day
Talks between Chicago's school board and the city's striking teachers failed to produce an agreement Monday, leaving more than 350,000 children locked out of the classroom for a second day....
Mayor’s plan to close schools fuels union fears during teachers strike
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is considering plans to close 80 to 120 public schools on the city's South and West Sides, sources told the Tribune, bolstering concerns by striking Chicago...
Picket lines up after CPS, teachers fail to prevent strike
Striking for the first time in 25 years, Chicago's teachers set up picket lines this morning after talks with public school officials ended over the weekend without resolution. "Rahm says...