Chicago teachers strike for first time in 25 years

September 10, 2012 at 9:49 a.m.

by The Associated Press

Chicago teachers walk a picket line outside Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Chicago, early Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, after they went on strike for the first time in 25 years.
Chicago teachers walk a picket line outside Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Chicago, early Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, after they went on strike for the first time in 25 years.

CHICAGO — Thousands of teachers walked off the job Monday in Chicago’s first schools strike in 25 years, after union leaders announced that months-long negotiations had failed to resolve a contract dispute with school district officials by a midnight deadline.

The walkout in the nation’s third-largest school district posed a tricky challenge for the city and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who said he would push to end the strike quickly as officials figure out how to keep nearly 400,000 children safe and occupied.

Some 26,000 teachers and support staff were expected to join the picket.

Contract negotiations between Chicago Public School officials and union leaders that stretched through the weekend were expected to resume Monday.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

Thank you for coming to the website of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. We're working to keep you informed with the latest breaking news.

RELATED ARTICLE

Upcoming Events