In the News: CTU strike support 'overwhelming'
By: Cassandra West / April 06, 2012
Chicago public school teachers in 150 schools have voted overwhelmingly in mock ballots to support a strike should ongoing contract negotiations fail, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis revealed Thursday.
Contract negotiations between Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union are in their fourth month and union president Karen Lewis said Thursday that aninformal poll of members at 150 schools shows "overwhelming" support for a strike. Schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard, holding a separate news conference, rebuked the union for bringing up the possibility of a strike while talks are still underway. (Tribune)
Chicago teachers have not gone out on strike since 1987. CTU President Karen GJ Lewis, who said she was a first-year teacher during the last strike, said the climate
