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Chicago Teachers Union to suspend strike and vote on contract

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The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) announced Tuesday that they were suspending their strike and will return to classrooms on Wednesday. “I’m so thrilled that people are going back, all of our members are glad to be back with their kids,” CTU president Karen Lewis said at a press conference. “It’s…

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Chicago teachers may be nearing end of strike

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Negotiators in the ongoing strike by Chicago area teachers are reporting that an end to the strike may be in sight.  Students and teachers, they say, could be back in the classroom as early as Friday, according to the Chicago Tribune. “We feel like we’re in a pretty good place,…

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Chicago teacher: They didn’t think that we were serious

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Union delegate Darryl Reed explained Monday that the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) began their strike on Monday to prevent teachers from being unjustly fired. “We’ve been saying all along that the [Chicago Public School system] did not think that we were this strong, did not think that we were serious,…

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