Union Leaders Say Chicago Teachers Will End Strike
CHICAGO — The Chicago Teachers Union agreed on Tuesday to end its strike in the
nation’s third-largest school system, allowing 350,000 children to return to
classes possibly as early as Wednesday after seven days with no school.
The announcement came after 800 union delegates from schools across the city met
for two hours behind closed doors to debate a proposed contract. The tentative
deal, drafted by negotiators for the teachers and the city, hit snags earlier in
the week as union delegates complained that they had not had sufficient time to
digest it and, in some cases, did not like what it said. On Tuesday, the
delegates voted by what some described as a significant majority to lift the
strike, though the contract still requires ratification in a vote by the union’s
26,000 members.
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