The Chicago Teachers' Strike Ten Years On

10 years since the Chicago school closings: The legacy of the CTU's ...

... strike, with this June marking the 10-year anniversary of ... The fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) ...

Chicago Teachers Strike, Win - Against the Current

Strikes ranged between five and nine days. Caps on class size, raises of up to 35% over four years bringing charter teachers close to parity with CPS, sanctuary ...

Parents suing Chicago Teachers Union over COVID-19 strike | Illinois

The lawsuits, filed by attorneys Patrick Hughes and Daniel Suhr from Hughes and Suhr LLC, stem from a strike that took place in January 2022.

US teacher strikes were good, actually - Vox

Specifically, the strikes caused average compensation to increase by 3 percent (or $2,000 per teacher) one year after the strike, reaching 8 ...

The Strike that Brought Teachers Unions Back from the Dead

On the morning of September 10, 2012, the bells rang to open Chicago's public schools, but there were no teachers in the classrooms.

Chicago charter school teachers strike after 2 years of bargaining

One Chicago charter high school is suffering from teacher shortages in several departments. Teachers at Instituto Health & Science Career ...

Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity

The teachers took on the bipartisan, free market school reform agenda that is currently exacerbating inequality in education and waging war on teachers' ...

Chicago teachers strike reverberates nationwide, in presidential race

September 10, 2012. By Lyndsey Layton and Bill Turque. (From The ... Teachers in Chicago went on strike for the first time in 25 years on Monday in a bitter ...

The Year of The Teacher Strike - California School Boards Association

In November 2017, the parties narrowly averted a strike when Mayor Darrell Steinberg brokered an agreement. The three-year deal gave teachers a raise of up to ...

The Resurgence of Teachers Unions - Forge Organizing

The success of the 2019 strike in Chicago required years of campaigning to merge CTU with the Chicago charter school teacher local and to align ...

Chicago Teachers Strike 2019: Live Updates

Welcome to WBEZ education's strike blog. Here, you'll find the latest news, updates and stories about Chicago's teacher strike.

Chicago Teachers Union plans mass demonstration against school ...

"People who work in the schools and rely on public schools will oppose the mass closings by any and all peaceful means," CTU vice-president ...

Chicago Public Schools Alum: Why I Support the Teachers' Strike

On Thursday, Oct. 17, 32,500 Chicago teachers, staff and supporters hit the streets, the biggest walkout since the 2012 CTU strike. Waves of red ...

Chicago Teachers Strike For Smaller Classes and More School ...

25000 Chicago educators are striking on important issues like better pay and smaller class sizes. But what are parents and students to do in ...

Why the Chicago Teachers Union Always Gets What It Wants - WSJ

For the fifth time in 10 years, the Chicago Teachers Union shut students out of the classroom this month. ... They also give public-safety workers ...

Chicago Teachers Union Makes Big Contract Gains After 11-Day ...

Ken Green · Riding the wave of · Nearly 30,000 teachers and support workers across the city participated in an 11-day strike that ended on October ...

Class Action Claims Chicago Teacher Strike Resulted in More Than ...

The Chicago Teachers Union and its top officers were hit with a class action on Feb. 16 in Illinois Circuit Court for Cook County which ...

Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years after contract talks fail

Chicago Teachers Union says its members will go on strike for the first time in 25 years after contract talks with the district fail.

Chicago teachers' strike negotiations stretch into seventh day - Politico

CHICAGO TEACHERS STRIKE: More than 30,000 Chicago public school educators and staff in the nation's third largest school district remain out on ...

A Primer on the Chicago Teachers Strike

The CTU strike represents an important battle not just with the Chicago Public Schools and City Hall, but between unions and the school-reform movement as well.