Chicago teachers locked in protracted labor negotiations with the city have vote...
CHICAGO - Chicago teachers locked in protracted labor negotiations with the city have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their union to launch a strike against the third-largest U.S. public school district as soon as next month, the union said on Thursday.
The outcome of the vote far exceeded the three-quarters majority required by union rules to authorize a strike, which would be the third by Chicago teachers since 2011. Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said there was “no reason why we can’t get a deal done” to avert a strike. A walkout, she said, “would be catastrophic for the learning environment for our kids.”
The union says the school district suffers a dire shortage of such personnel, with so few nurses that each is assigned to five schools. The union and the Chicago Public Schools district opened negotiations in February. The previous contract expired at the end of June.
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