Chicago Informer

Chicago fast food, retail workers plan strike today Community organizers said they expect hundreds of fast food and retail workers in Chicago to walk off the job Wednesday in a campaign to push for higher wages. The Fight for $ 15 compaign, named for its goal of securing $ 15 an hour for workers, said [...]

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Boeing Co. can expect to avoid strikes through 2016 and benefit from lower pension costs after technical workers agreed to a new contract that was unchanged from one they rejected last month. The vote was 4,244 to 654, according to the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace. The deal provides for raises of as [...]

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Doctors say procedure is not for every patientAt age 23, Lindsay Avner took charge of her genetic fate by electing to have her healthy breasts removed before cancer could strike first. Six years later, the North Side woman has zero regret, she said. Full News here – Chicagoland – chicagotribune.com

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West Chicago teachers end strike West Chicago elementary teachers are back in the classrooms this morning after nearly 12 hours of negotiations produced a tentative contract. Talks began at 1 p.m. Wednesday and the deal was reached around 12:30 a.m., officials said. Related; Graphic: … Full News here – Read more on Chicago Tribune

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West Chicago elementary teachers are back in the classrooms this morning after nearly 12 hours of negotiations produced a tentative contract. Full News here – Chicago Breaking News

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Teachers in West Chicago walked the picket lines Monday after District 33 and the union failed to come to an agreement overnight. Full News here – Chicago news and local news video for the Chicago area from WLS-TV ABC7 Chicago

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Elementary and middle school teachers in suburban West Chicago are threatening to strike on Monday if no contract deal is reached Sunday night. Full News here – Chicago news and local news video for the Chicago area from WLS-TV ABC7 Chicago

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CHICAGO (CBS) — Striking teachers in Grayslake Elementary District 46 and representatives of the school board are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator on Thursday. The two sides met for eight hours Tuesday night, before teachers walked off the job yesterday morning. More than 300 teachers had been working without a contract since last [...]

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Roughly 4,000 elementary and middle school Grayslake students will not have school Wednesday after Community Consolidated School District 46 teachers voted to got on strike late Tuesday. Full News here – WFLD – News

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Thousands of students are out of school Wednesday in the northwest suburbs. Full News here – Chicago news and local news video for the Chicago area from WLS-TV ABC7 Chicago

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Contract talks are underway to try to avoid a strike that could start Wednesday morning in suburban Grayslake. Full News here – Chicago news and local news video for the Chicago area from WLS-TV ABC7 Chicago

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel fell off his political pedestal in 2012, but he dusted himself off, kept moving forward and managed to avoid the sophomore jinx. In year two of his whirlwind administration, Emanuel survived a seven-day teachers strike that he had helped instigate; parted company with a highly touted schools CEO who turned out to [...]

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Teachers in West Chicago Elementary District 33 delivered an intent to strike notice to school district offices Friday — a procedure that allows them to legally strike as early as Jan. 7. That would be the first scheduled day back from winter break, which started Friday afternoon after classes were dismissed. “We want to compromise [...]

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Teachers in a suburban Chicago school district have given notice they could strike as early as Jan. 7. Full News here – Chicago Breaking News

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Illinois state government workers have never gone on strike, and Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration and union officials say they hope to avoid that during protracted negotiations on a new contract. Full News here – Chicagoland – chicagotribune.com

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