CHICAGO – Teachers and administrators agreed Sunday to suspend the nation’s first-ever charter school strike, ending a four-day work stoppage at one of the largest charter networks in Chicago. But The strike by CICS teachers marks the second time charter teachers have walked off the job in Chicago. Hundreds of educators for the Acero charter school network went on strike for four school days This is the first time that district and charter teachers have struck simultaneously in Chicago, an occasion marked by high energy and a raucous chorus of “Solidarity Forever” on the picket line. Chicago International Charter School teachers strike on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (@AFTunion / Twitter) Educators at four Chicago charter school campuses went on strike Tuesday morning after months of contract negotiations failed to secure the pay raises and classroom improvements they’ve demanded from their operator. The CICS teacher walkout is Chicago’s second-ever charter teacher strike, following Acero network educators who hit the picket line for four days in December to win 2 percent yearly cost-of-living pay increases, along with provisions to reduce class sizes and prevent the network from sharing information on undocumented students with immigration authorities.
The strike by CICS teachers marks the second time charter teachers have walked off the job in Chicago. Hundreds of educators for the Acero charter school network went on strike for four school days
30 Oct 2019 The teachers' union strike has put some 300000 Chicago children and families in limbo. With traditional schools open but no teachers present, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for Chicago public school teachers went on a ten-day strike from November 23 to December 3, 1984, which resulted in a 4.5% raise. The Chicago district is responsible for 122 charter schools during the 2017-2018 school year. 5 May 2019 Chicago charter school teachers were the first of their kind to go on strike in U.S. history. About 500 Chicago charter school teachers and 8,000 students were back in the classroom after a historic, nearly weeklong strike came to an end Sunday. Chicago International Charter School enables students to thrive every day, puts them on a path to success in college and life, and empowers entrepreneurial LAST DECEMBER 4th educators at the Acero charter chain in Chicago became the first charter teachers in the country to go on strike. This was both stunning to 9 Dec 2018 The strike affected only about 7500 of Chicago's 371000 public school students. But it was closely followed by labor leaders and charter
17 Oct 2019 The outcome of a new teachers' strike in Chicago will help decide the Charter schools are still a major union grievance, but there are other
11 Dec 2018 Teachers across the US learned this year they can push back by withholding their labor. The spread of Acero's example to other charters is a 29 Nov 2018 Carlos Fuentes Elementary is one of the 15 campuses run by Acero Schools, one of Chicago's largest charter networks. In their latest contract 8 Feb 2019 CHICAGO—Almost 200 unionized educators and staff at four schools run by the Chicago International Charter School network are on strike 4 Dec 2018 Teachers at the Acero charter school network went on strike early Tuesday, planning to walk the picket line in what the Chicago Teachers 11 Sep 2012 Most of Chicago's charter teachers are not unionized. That very fact makes charter school officials and proponents see the strike as an
Some 175 educators launched a strike Tuesday at four campuses of the Chicago International Charter School — the second charter network to strike in the city this school year.
5 May 2019 Chicago charter school teachers were the first of their kind to go on strike in U.S. history. About 500 Chicago charter school teachers and 8,000 students were back in the classroom after a historic, nearly weeklong strike came to an end Sunday. Chicago International Charter School enables students to thrive every day, puts them on a path to success in college and life, and empowers entrepreneurial
30 Oct 2019 The teachers' union strike has put some 300000 Chicago children and families in limbo. With traditional schools open but no teachers present,
17 Oct 2019 CHICAGO — Teachers and school staff went on strike Thursday in the resources, affordable housing and restrictions on charter schools.