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Teachers Union divided in food fight VP VS. PRESIDENT | He's accused of spending thousands on drinks & dinners but says she rang up $500,000 in meals Read more... Union files charge against school Illinois' largest teacher's union has filed a charge against the Cambridge Lakes Charter School for a Feb. 25 meeting at which the union claims the school violated teachers' right to organize. Read more... Teachers, administrators still at odds over contract, as Hardin County strike continues Union representatives and administrators at the Hardin County School District plan to have a "fact finding" meeting later today to go over the financial condition of the district. Read more... Chicago Public Schools say state isn't helping fund its teachers pension fund Chicago public school officials said Wednesday that state legislators have reneged on a 14-year agreement to help fund the Chicago teachers pension fund. Read more... Charter school denies threatening teachers In possible violation of federal law, Cambridge Lakes Charter School officials asked teachers this week to denounce recent efforts to unionize, a union official said. Read more... Contract negotiations to begin in D-154 Officials and teachers from Marengo District 154 will begin contract negotiations Saturday. Read more... SPEED teachers say it's time for a raise About 150 teachers, assistants and parents last night urged the board of SPEED, the special education cooperative that serves 15 school districts in the south suburbs, to give teachers union members a more competitive pay raise. Read more... Davenport School District: Union, district debate contract Leaders in the Davenport School District are looking to give principals more of a say over who gets hired for teacher openings at their schools. Read more... U-46, union reach deal Teachers will vote on contract next week Read more... Retired teachers stiffed CPS | Payroll snafu shortchanges at least one pension by $1,000 a month Read more... Board president silences union backers District 300 food-service workers and the Service Employees International Union took their regional push to unionize to the school board this week. Read more... Parents of disabled children push for worker pact settlement Special services co-op faces risk of strike Read more... Amboy schools may see a strike Support staff in all three Amboy schools have voted to strike as soon as Wednesday morning, according to union representative Chris Shaw. Read more... Teacher pay hikes more than they seem When administrators and union leaders reached a deal on a teachers contract, the September announcement trumpeted across-the-board raises of 3.8 percent Read more... Raises approved, strike averted A strike by teachers and support staff in Palatine-based Township High School District 211 was averted Thursday night when board members agreed to the union's salary demands. Read more... District 211 teachers picket board meeting Hundreds of teachers picketed a Township High School District 211 board meeting Thursday night in Palatine, demanding new labor talks after rejecting a contract offer earlier this month. As the meeting approached, they put down their picket signs and stood en masse at the back of... Read more... School Board, teachers settle dispute EARLVILLE, Ill. - The approximately 450 students of Earlville Community Unit District Number Nine are back in school today after the district and the teachers union reached agreement on a new contract. Read more... Nippersink teachers vote on new contract Even though classes resumed Monday for 1,600 pupils in McHenry County's Nippersink School District 2, it may take time for the community to heal from a divisive six-day teachers strike, some officials said. Read more... Nippersink District school strike ends A nine-day teacher strike in a McHenry County school district ended Sunday night, district officials announced. Read more... Elgin-area teachers reject 3-year deal Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers rejected a tentative three-year deal between the union and the school board Monday night, setting the stage for a return to the bargaining table. Read more... Update: D-2 teachers picket at Nippersink RICHMOND …#8220; About 100 teachers and staff members picketed in front of Nippersink Middle School this morning as part of a strike that has 1,600 students out of school. Read more... 'This is only hurting the kids' Parents of the 1,600 students in District 2 schools could be looking for child care Friday as teachers say they will strike. Read more... District 2 teachers set to walk RICHMOND – Beginning Friday, classes at District 2's three schools will be canceled unless a teachers' contract agreement is reached. Read more... U-46 teachers balk at tentative contract A group of Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers distributed fliers at an informational session Monday urging union members to vote "no" on the tentative teacher contract. Read more... Cahokia school officials OK agreement Pay raise issues still undecided Cahokia school leaders unanimously approved the tentative contract agreement reached last week with teachers, secretaries and service workers, officially ending the nine-day strike. But school board members have not yet decided Read more... Official: Layoffs likely in Cahokia Teachers say talks of cuts are a scare tactic CAHOKIA ---- Schools Superintendent Jana Bechtoldt said District 187 will have to lay off 40 to 50 people next year to keep its finances in order and property taxes may be increased because of... Read more... Ratification of teacher deal far from sure thing in U-46 A narrow majority of Elgin Area School District U-46 union leaders voted to accept the proposed teacher contract presented to them Wednesday, setting the stage for a potentially tumultuous ratification vote by the... Read more... 3 percent solution: Cahokia teachers, board reach tentative deal Cahokia School District 187 administrators and workers finally reached an tentative contract agreement in the early hours of Thursday morning for 3 percent raises for each of... Read more... Contract talks Monday night fail to end Cahokia teachers strike; sides trade offers -- and comments CAHOKIA --Contract talks between Cahokia School District administrators and the union ended Monday night with no settlement although the two sides traded offers in an effort to settle a teachers strike entering its seventh day... Read more... Litchfield teachers strike averted Union members will vote today on tentative agreement LITCHFIELD - Representatives of the Litchfield School Board and the district's teachers union tentatively agreed on a new five-year contract Monday night, a day before teachers planned to walk off the job... Read more... Parents and players try to mediate Cahokia strike; board vows to resume talks Spurred by a group of parents who tried to act as mediators and a dozen Cahokia High School football players who want to get back on the field, District 187 administrators pledged Thursday to reopen negotiations with union members who... Read more... Editorial: Students suffer in a strike A couple days on the picket line is bringing out pettiness in Cahokia. One complaint of the teachers union, for instance, is that the district spent $7,500... Read more... D-2 teachers file intent to strike RICHMOND – Teachers in Nippersink School District 2 filed an intent to strike late Monday after they failed to agree on health insurance and retirement contributions during negotiations for a new... Read more... Cahokia teachers walking the picket line this morning Classes are canceled and teachers are out walking the picket line this morning in Cahokia District 187. More than 4,000 students have... Read more... U-46, teachers agree on contract After nearly 180 hours of negotiations, Elgin Area School District U-46 and its teachers have hammered out a tentative three-year deal, officials said... Read more... Dist. 211 replies to talk of strike Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 administrators say the current contract prohibits teachers from declaring a strike, even if they're unhappy with... Read more... Workers plan to file grievance against Cahokia school board They say board is not negotiating Cahokia School District employees said they will file an unfair labor practices grievance today against District 187. Meanwhile, union members and administrators have agreed to meet again at noon to try to work out a... Read more... Cahokia teachers reject proposal; no deal will mean strike CAHOKIA --Members of the Cahokia Federation of Teachers on Wednesday night overwhelming rejected District 187's last contract offer. Union president Brent Murphy said 97 percent of members voted against the contract, and unless a last-minute deal can be worked out, union members plan to walk picket lines starting Monday... Read more... Dist. 211 union may strike Teachers 'disgusted' with contract impasse Teacher salary negotiations have stalled in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and a federal mediator has been requested to break the impasse... Read more... 57 percent of teachers OK new pact CONTRACT VOTE No headway made on goal of longer school day Chicago teachers ratified a new five-year contract Monday that brings them obvious benefits but makes no immediate headway toward top reform goals for the district, chief among them a longer school day... Read more... Harlem School Board approves contract MACHESNEY PARK -Harlem School Board members unanimously approved the three-year teachers contract Tuesday, one week after union members ended their five-day strike. The board voted 6-0 to finalize the contract, returning all teachers to the so-called 5x5 salary structure they received before 2004... Read more... Teacher deal wins support CITY SCHOOLS | But foes say they were shut out of vote In a contested and controversial vote late Friday, a tentative contract deal for Chicago teachers jumped its first major hurdle, winning the backing of union delegates in an advisory vote... Read more... Talks continue in 2 districts Maine Township, U-46 teachers still lack new contracts Teachers from two of the largest northwest suburban school districts are getting ready to begin their third week of classes without new contracts. Both the Maine Township and Elgin-based School District U-46 school boards still are talking with their teachers unions. Although... Read more... City schools, union reach tentative pact LABOR | Teachers would get 4% A tentative contract deal between Chicago teachers and school officials includes 4 percent annual raises over five years and no change in the length of the school day, a source told the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday... Read more... Deal gives Rockford teachers 3 percent pay increase Members of the Rockford Education Association approved a tentative labor contract Sunday that ensures students will start class on time today in the Rockford School District. Teachers crowded into the Guilford High School gym Sunday afternoon and voted 806-10 by secret ballot to ratify the tentative... Read more... Still no Rockford teachers contract A full day of bargaining Thursday did not produce a teachers contract for the Rockford School District. And school starts Monday. Rockford School Board attorney Stephen Katz, the district's lead negotiator, declined to comment on whether the sides were... Read more... Harlem school start again struck by strike Negotiations with teachers stall over salary, reminiscent of the 2004 walkout MACHESNEY PARK - Harlem School District teachers will work the picket lines and not the classrooms today, while parents are forced to deal with canceled school for the second time in three years... Read more... Harlem teachers union: School will not start on time Superintendent Pat DeLuca is hoping for a last-minute agreement MACHESNEY PARK - Harlem School District's chief said Sunday that classes may still start on time Tuesday for the district's 7,750 students, despite statements from the teachers union that a strike is imminent... Read more... Teachers union: That raise won't be enough CONTRACT TALKS | They want more than what others will get The Chicago Teachers Union came out charging Wednesday evening, saying a deal announced this week of 3 to 3.5 percent yearly raises for non-teaching Chicago Public School workers isn't enough for... Read more... Harlem teachers, administrators want federal mediator MACHESNEY PARK - Unable to make ground in recent bargaining sessions, the Harlem Federation of Teachers and the Harlem School District administration have agreed to discontinue negotiations until a mediator can be found to assist with the talks... Read more... State may limit teachers' ability to strike Plan would require 'fact-finding,' independent recommendation first Read more... Mayor to teachers: Lengthen school day 'Can't we at least get a few more hours?' Read more... |
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