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CHICAGO TEACHERS TO STRIKE FOR FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS CHICAGO TEACHERS TO STRIKE FOR FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago public school teachers will strike for the first time in a quarter century on Monday after they failed to reach agreement with the nation's third-largest school district over education reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.	CHICAGO TEACHERS TO STRIKE FOR FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS after negotiations with ... CHICAGO TEACHERS TO STRIKE FOR FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS after negotiations with ... 10, 2012, should it fail to reach an agreement over teachers' contracts with Chicago Public Schools by that date. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong) Close. Chicago teachers to strike for first time in 25 years after negotiations with district fail. Follow ...	Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's public school teachers will be on strike Monday morning for the first time in 25 years after their union announced that intense, months-long contract talks with the school district had failed over issues including compensation ...	Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail The Chicago Teachers Union says its members will go on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years. The union says contract talks with the district failed late Sunday night over issues including benefits and job security. More than 26,000 teachers and ...
Teachers strikes roiled schools for decades Teachers strikes roiled schools for decades The last time Chicago teachers walked out was 25 years ago. Yet before ... During that first strike, a teacher in an inner-city school pioneered an explanation destined to have a long shelf life: "We are striking to improve the conditions in the school ...	Chicago Teachers Strike: Union Hoping For Deal, But Ready For Walkout Chicago Teachers Strike: Union Hoping For Deal, But Ready For Walkout CHICAGO -- The Chicago Teachers Union and district officials said they will negotiate through the weekend, if necessary, to try to avoid a strike on Monday. Teachers are ready to walk off the job for the first time in 25 years over issues that include ...	Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment CHICAGO TEACHERS-STRIKE. UPDATE: Chicago teachers to strike after talks fail. CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union says its members will go on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years. The union says contract talks with the district failed ...	Talks resume to avert Chicago teachers strike Talks resume to avert Chicago teachers strike Failure to reach a labor deal would see the city's 25,000 unionized public-school teachers strike for the first time in 25 years, affecting 400,000 students, according to the Chicago Tribune. A union official told the Tribune that a delegate vote could ...
Update: CTU sets news conference tonight to discuss contract talks Update: CTU sets news conference tonight to discuss contract talks Unless the two reach an agreement on a new contract by midnight today, Chicago's 25,000 unionized public school teachers are expected to walk off the job for the first time in 25 years. A union official said she expects a "reasonable cutoff of ...	No Deal Yet To Avert Chicago Teacher Strike No Deal Yet To Avert Chicago Teacher Strike Teachers and support staff in Chicago set a walkout date Monday, which would mark the first time they have gone on strike in 25 years. Speaking late Saturday, Chicago Teachers Union chief Karen Lewis said that no action has been taken to alter the ...	Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing Chicago teachers say they're prepared to walk off the job for the first time in 25 years over issues that include pay raises, classroom conditions, job security and teacher evaluations. A strike would cause massive disruptions in the nation's third ...	Chicago Teachers Union to give update on talks Chicago Teachers Union to give update on talks Officials have said teachers in the nation's third-largest school district are ready to walk off the job Monday for the first time in 25 years if an agreement isn't reached by midnight. They say outstanding issues include teacher pay, evaluations and ...
Chicago braces for possible teachers' strike -- its first in 25 years Chicago braces for possible teachers' strike -- its first in 25 years Teachers and support staff set a walkout date for Monday, which would mark the first time they have gone on strike in 25 years. "This is a difficult decision for all of us to make," said Karen Lewis, the union president . "But this is the only way to ...	No resolution in teacher contract talks No resolution in teacher contract talks Contract talks between Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union continued into Saturday night as both sides worked to beat a midnight Sunday strike deadline. The negotiations at the Chicago Teachers Union Merchandise Mart headquarters began a ...	Chicago teachers union 'disappointed' Chicago teachers union 'disappointed' When we left we were very disappointed and as of today we're still disappointed," the Chicago Sun-Times quoted teachers union bargaining committee member Gloria Higgins as saying. Chicago's teachers plan to strike for the first time in 25 years Monday ...	Chicago teachers may strike for first time in 25 years Chicago teachers may strike for first time in 25 years A member of the Chicago Teachers Union asks a parent for support in ongoing contract talks with the Board of Education, during an informational picket last month outside Willa Cather Elementary School in Chicago. The city's teachers and support staff ...

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Obama's Chicago: Teacher Strike. From the Chicago Tribune: Chicago's teachers union said it will strike Monday for the first time in 25 years after talks with Chicago Public Schools ended late Sunday night without resolution.

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Chicago teachers to strike Monday. From: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - 11:28pm - September 9, 2012. For the first time in 25 years, teachers in the Chicago school system will walk off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract ...

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