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Chicago Teachers Strike

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Chicago teachers union rank and file approve new contract

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CHICAGO - The rank and file of the Chicago Teachers Union have overwhelmingly ratified the new contract put before them on Tuesday...
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: Chicago Public School children use the computers at Woodson Regional Library on September 10, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The library is one of 78 public libraries in the city that are serving as 'safe havens' for students who are not in school because of the teachers strike. More than 26,000 teachers and support staff hit the picket lines this morning after the Chicago Teachers Union failed to reach an agreement with the city on compensation, benefits and job security. With about 350,000 students, the Chicago school district is the third largest in the United States. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago suburban students back in class despite strike

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Classes have resumed in one Illinois school – without the teachers. Lake Forest High School, a suburb outside of Chicago, opened its doors yesterday morning despite an ongoing teacher strike, WMAQ reported...
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Public school teachers rally at Chicago's Congress Plaza to protest against billionaire Hyatt Hotel mogul Penny Pritzker, who is also a member of the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters said that $5.2 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds being used to build a new Hyatt hotel in Hyde Park would be better spent on meeting basic student needs. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Chicago teacher: Why we're on strike

Roger Bonair-Agard
ANALYSIS - A Chicago school teacher explains why educators in that city took to the picket lines...
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Striking Chicago public school teachers and their supporters rally before a march down Michigan Avenue on September 13, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. More than 26,000 teachers and support staff walked off the job on September 10 after the Chicago Teachers Union failed to reach an agreement with the city on compensation, benefits and job security. With about 350,000 students, the Chicago school district is the third largest in the United States. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

No deal in Chicago teachers' strike

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - The Chicago Teachers Union on Sunday suspended a vote on whether or not to end its strike...
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