Chicago Teachers Strike May Near End As Union Releases Deal
Rahm Emanuel is giving away the farm.
A deal is on the table Saturday night to end a nearly weeklong Chicago teachers strike, though classes could still be canceled Monday as the union's House of Delegates reviews the proposal.
If a press release from the Chicago Teachers Union is accurate, Emanuel has given away some of his most prized education reforms to the union to quell the strike. Mitt Romney has tried to paint the strike as a civil waramong Democrats, and ending the strike now would quell the fervor before U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan -- former CEO of Chicago's schools -- heads into midcountry organized labor territory on his bus tour Monday.
The deal features major concessions from Emanuel, who campaigned to become Chicago's mayor with a
A deal is on the table Saturday night to end a nearly weeklong Chicago teachers strike, though classes could still be canceled Monday as the union's House of Delegates reviews the proposal.
If a press release from the Chicago Teachers Union is accurate, Emanuel has given away some of his most prized education reforms to the union to quell the strike. Mitt Romney has tried to paint the strike as a civil waramong Democrats, and ending the strike now would quell the fervor before U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan -- former CEO of Chicago's schools -- heads into midcountry organized labor territory on his bus tour Monday.
The deal features major concessions from Emanuel, who campaigned to become Chicago's mayor with a