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Chicago teachers' union agrees contract proposal to avert strike
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Tue Oct 11, 2016 | 6:08am EDT
Chicago teachers' union agrees contract proposal to avert strike
By Renita Young | CHICAGO
Chicago's cash-strapped schools and its teachers' union agreed to a contract proposal late on Monday, union and city officials said, averting a strike set for Tuesday in the third largest U.S. public school system.
The four-year agreement, which the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) will recommend to its 28,000 members, includes provisions on pensions, classroom sizes and layoffs, Chicago Teachers Union president, Karen Lewis, said at a midnight news conference.
"We ended up with something that’s good for kids, it’s good for paraprofessionals, it’s good for teachers, for the community," Lewis said.
Teachers planned to go on strike at midnight on Monday if an agreement had not been reached. They have been working without a contract for more than a year. The contract that ended a strike in 2012 expired on June 30, 2015.
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Chicago teachers' union agrees contract proposal to avert strike
By Renita Young | CHICAGO
Chicago's cash-strapped schools and its teachers' union agreed to a contract proposal late on Monday, union and city officials said, averting a strike set for Tuesday in the third largest U.S. public school system.
The four-year agreement, which the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) will recommend to its 28,000 members, includes provisions on pensions, classroom sizes and layoffs, Chicago Teachers Union president, Karen Lewis, said at a midnight news conference.
"We ended up with something that’s good for kids, it’s good for paraprofessionals, it’s good for teachers, for the community," Lewis said.
Teachers planned to go on strike at midnight on Monday if an agreement had not been reached. They have been working without a contract for more than a year. The contract that ended a strike in 2012 expired on June 30, 2015.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicago-education-teachers-idUSKCN12A1CR