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Subject: Chicago teachers' strike
Category: Reference, Education and News > Education
Asked by: pez1946-ga
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Posted: 11 Nov 2003 13:07 PST
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Question ID: 274851
In what years has the Chicago Teachers Union gone on strike since
1975? How long was each strike action?
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Subject: Re: Chicago teachers' strike
Answered By: juggler-ga on 11 Nov 2003 13:44 PST
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Hello.

Here are the years and length of all Chicago Teachers Union strikes since 1975:

1975                  11 days 
1980                  10 days 
1983                  15 days 
1984                  10 days 
1985                  2 days 
1987                  19 days

source:
STRIKE HISTORY
Chicago Sun - Times.: Sep 10, 1993.  pg. 6

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There haven't been any strikes since 1987.

" Chicago public school teachers have rejected a proposed five-year
contract, potentially setting the stage for the first teacher's strike
since 1987. "
source: CBS 2 Chicago
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_290103956.html

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