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Chicago Teachers’ Strike Continues, While Support Staff Reach Tentative Deal

HeadlineOct 28, 2019

Chicago Public Schools have canceled classes for the eighth consecutive school day as the Chicago Teachers Union continues to strike. Meanwhile, Chicago Public Schools and the SEIU Local 73, which represents 7,500 school support staff, have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. The support staff union’s bargaining team is still reviewing the final terms of the deal before officially ending their strike. But members of SEIU 73 say they will be on the picket lines today in solidarity with the Chicago Teachers Union. Earlier this month, more than 30,000 Chicago teachers and support staff went on strike to demand better pay and benefits, smaller class sizes and more nurses, counselors, social workers and librarians. The historic strike brought the country’s third-largest school system to a standstill.

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