Annie
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Chicago Teachers to Vote on Possible Strike - WSJ.com
It's all about the 'children...'
Chicago Teachers to Vote on Possible Strike - WSJ.com
The Chicago Teachers Union said members would vote next week over a possible strike, raising the specter that teachers in the nation's third-largest district could be on the picket line when classes begin in the fall and underscoring the teachers' growing bitterness toward efforts by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's management of the school system.
Union officials announced plans for the vote Friday even as they continue to negotiate with the city over a new contract. The current contract expires June 30. Illinois law requires 75% of the union's 25,000 members to approve a strike.
Union President Karen Lewis said a vote in favor won't require a strike, but rather give union officials the right to initiate one if they cannot reach agreement with the city before the new school year begins.
"We want to avoid a strike," she said during a news conference Friday, but she said Chicago teachers are "tired of being bullied, belittled and betrayed by this district and the city of Chicago."
School district officials didn't respond to calls for comment. But they have said the district faces a $700 million budget hole. The district's operating budget is about $5 billion....
It's all about the 'children...'