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Contract Negotiations Continue at Alivio Medical Center
Contract negotiations continue at Alivio Medical Center after workers went on a six-day strike earlier this month. Workers said they are unhappy with a contract proposal that would cap wages and increase the employee health insurance cost. Currently, the health insurance cost for the union is 17 percent for single, employee/spouse, and employee/child; and 14 [...]
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CTU Suspends Strike, Students Back in School
Chicago teachers returned to the classrooms on Wednesday Sept. 18 after spending seven days on the picket line. For the first time in 25 years, Chicago public school teachers were on strike leaving some 350,000 children outside of the classrooms for over a week. Teachers’ union president, Karen Lewis, made the announcement on Tuesday after [...]
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Parents Search for Alternatives as Strike Rolls on to Fourth Day
CPS board of education officials and CTU delegates announced last night progress is being made in contract negotiations. But while the strike rolls on to the fourth day, parents say it is becoming more difficult to find a place to leave their children. “For the past three days I haven’t had a problem with [the [...]
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On Strike: Chicago Teachers Head to Picket Lines After CTU, CPS Contract Talks Fail
For the first time in 25 years, Chicago public school teachers are on strike. After heavy negotiations between delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public School (CPS) officials, CTU president Karen Lewis announced last night no agreement had been reached. “Negotiations have been intense but productive. But we’ve failed to come to [...]
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Chicago Teachers Union Sets Strike Date for Sept. 10
Chicago Teachers Union members will walk out to strike on Sept. 10 unless an agreement can be reached with CPS, announced union president Karen Lewis on Thursday, Aug. 30. The announcement comes one day after Lewis filed the required 10-day strike notice – an authorization issued to her by CTU delegates on Aug. 22. “This [...]
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CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard Says Strike Vote was Rushed
CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard said he’s disappointed at the Chicago Teachers Union leadership for rushing their members to vote for a strike before giving them the opportunity to consider the independent fact finder’s compromise report due in July. “The CTU leadership left the teachers with a choice between a strike and nothing — that’s a [...]
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