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Friday, September 07, 2012

Chicago Braces For First Teacher Strike In A Generation

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A bitter dispute between unionized public school teachers and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has residents of the third-largest U.S. city bracing for a possible strike on Monday in a showdown over education reform that has national implications.
Nearly 30,000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago Teachers Union have vowed to walk off the job starting at 12:01 a.m. on Monday if an impasse in contract talks with the city is not broken.
Emanuel, a former White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama and a speaker at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, has made reform of Chicago's troubled public schools a top priority. Emanuel cut short his trip to the convention in Charlotte to deal with the teacher crisis.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another prime example of Democratic/socialist failure, Union corruption and greed.

But what about the children?
Who are these ugly people that would do this to the kids?
OUR kids?

Democrats and Union supporters.(more democrats)

Anonymous said...

It's a plan. The black kids of Chicago will cause so many problems that Obama will demand Martial Law. And, there can not be an election during a decree of Martial Law.

Anonymous said...

Teachers unions don't care about the kids, and neither do the teachers!