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Chicago mayor seeks injunction to end teachers strike

Rahm Emanuel asks city lawyers to file an injunction to immediately end the teachers strike

Author: From Kyung Lah and Greg Botelho CNN
Published On: Sep 16 2012 01:10:11 AM EDT  Updated On: Sep 16 2012 09:10:03 PM EDT
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CHICAGO (CNN) -
The week-old teachers strike in Chicago's public schools will continue into the new week, after a representative group of the Chicago Teachers Union decided not to end the strike even though union leaders and school officials had reached a tentative contract deal.
The move left Mayor Rahm Emanuel vowing to go to court to force teachers back to work, calling Sunday's actions by the union "a delay of choice that is wrong for our children."
The mayor announced in a statement that he's asked city lawyers "to file an injunction in circuit