Chicago teachers and negotiators for mayor Rahm Emanuel have agreed on a tentative contract clearing the way to end a strike and return 350,000 public-school students to classes on Monday.
The delegates are expected to vote on the contract tomorrow, with the union rank-and-file considering it within the next couple of weeks while classes resume, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing a source close to the negotiations.
Teachers in the third-largest US school system went on strike for the first time in 25 years after negotiating with Mr Emanuel since November over the mayor’s efforts to lengthen the school day and year, as well as his school board’s decision to cancel a 4 per cent pay increase. – (Bloomberg)