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| Chicago teachers strike for the first time in a quarter of a century. |
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| Chicago's leaders hope to lengthen the school day by 20 percent and offered a 2 percent raise. |
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| Pickets were started Sept. 10 at 675 Chicago public schools. |
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| 175 schools will remain open for students who remain on free and reduced lunch. |
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| Chicago Public Schools diverted $70 million from teachers salaries and unemployment benefits to avoid paying teachers a 4 percent salary increase in 2011, the same year city leaders claimed the city was broke. The money was given to Chicago's Police Department. |
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| The CTU represents 30,000 teaches and is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. |
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| Wages, job security, and evaluations are the major hang-ups in negotiations with the city government. Labor leaders described successes in winning provisions for nursing mothers, updated technology, ready-to-use textbooks, and private spaces for counselors and social workers. |
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