Chicago School Strike Said to Near End With Possible Deal
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Chicago teachers and negotiators for Mayor Rahm Emanuel agreed on the outlines of a contract clearing the way to end a strike and return 350,000 public-school students to classes on Sept. 17.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and members of her bargaining team, who presented the deal to more than 800 members of the union’s House of Delegates today, were greeted with applause and chants of “CTU! CTU!”