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In the News: Emanuel chooses Chicago over Charlotte September 04, 2012 By: Cassandra West Mayor Rahm Emanuel decided Monday to cut short his trip to the Democratic National Convention, as pressure mounted for him to stay home to try to avert Chicago’s first teachers strike in 25 years, the Sun-Times reports this morning. Read More \| (7) Comments	Teachers set strike date: Sept. 10 August 30, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris The Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates voted unanimously on Thursday for a Sept. 10 strike, union leaders said. Cheering was heard seconds before hundreds of delegates began streaming out of the meeting. “We have done everything that has been asked of us,” CTU President Karen Lewis said. “We do not want to strike, but apparently the board does.” But district spokeswoman Becky Carroll says "We have continued to make progress over the last couple days. If there was truly an impasse we wouldn't be meeting every single day through the holiday weekend and into next week." Read More \| (11) Comments
CTU issues strike notice; walkout could start Sept. 10 August 29, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris Teachers could walk out as soon as the second week of September following the Chicago Teachers Union’s issuance of a 10-day notice of intent to strike on Wednesday. A strike would be the first in 25 years. Read More \| (19) Comments	For the Record: Latest contract proposal August 24, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris Chicago Teachers Union leaders said Friday morning they won’t file a strike notice today or Saturday, assuring the on-time opening of school, if not its continuation. However, CTU spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin left open the possibility that they would issue the 10-day warning Sunday or early next week. In a switch from earlier in the week, she said contract negotiations were in full throttle at CTU headquarters on Friday. Read More \| (0) Comments
Teachers move closer to 10-day strike notice August 22, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris and Sarah Karp Though they were not required to, Chicago Teachers Union delegates voted to give their leaders discretion to issue a 10-day notice of intent to strike."That is how we do things," said CTU President Karen Lewis in explaining why she looked to delegates for the go ahead to give notice. "We are a democracy." But more than anything, the move alerts CPS leadership and the public that a strike is a growing threat. If the CTU wants to strike on September 4, the first day of school, notice would have to be given by Saturday. Read More \| (12) Comments	CTU pickets schools; CPS makes backup plan August 20, 2012 By: Rebecca Harris and Nicki Koetting As the deadline nears for Chicago Teachers Union to give notice it could strike on the first day of school, teachers are spending the week holding informational pickets at year-round schools and CPS is making contingency plans. Friday will be ten days before schools’ planned Sept. 4 start date, and the legal deadline for CTU to issue a legally required 10-day notice of intent to strike. The decision will likely be made at Wednesday’s House of Delegates meeting at 4:30 p.m at Lane Technical High School. Read More \| (27) Comments
In the News: CTU begins printing "On Strike' signs August 20, 2012 By: Cassandra West Even as labor negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools continue, the union has started printing “On Strike” protest signs, although no decision has been made whether or not teachers, school clinicians and paraprofessionals will issue a work stoppage in coming days, a press released issued Friday stated. Read More \| (0) Comments	In the News: "Teachers may need to strike" August 16, 2012 By: Cassandra West With no contract agreement in sight, the clock winding down and the Board of Education refusing to take "CTU's contract proposals seriously," Chicago teachers may need to strike, writes union member Kenzo Shibata on the Huffington Post. Read More \| (4) Comments
With school year approaching, strike still a possibility August 09, 2012 By: Sarah Karp With the start of the regular-track school year quickly approaching, CTU President Karen Lewis is sounding the warning bell that the union and the district still need to resolve many issues before a strike can be ruled out. Without some movement, "we are preparing for a strike," she says. “You prepare for war, pray for peace.” Read More \| (29) Comments

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