(Source: Chicago Tribune, September 19, 2012)
CHICAGO — More than 350,000 Chicago public school students returned to class this morning after union officials overwhelmingly called off a seven-day teachers strike. Delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday to call off the strike, paving the way for CTU’s entire membership to approve a contract in the coming weeks that will secure them a double-digit salary increase over the next three years, including raises for cost of living while maintaining other increases for experience and advanced education. Though the union did not achieve the 30 percent base raise it initially sought, CTU President Karen Lewis claimed several victories.
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