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Emanuel looks to court to end Chicago teachers' strike
September 17, 2012
September 17, 2012
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Last Updated 12:14 p.m. ET[/i]
(CBS/AP) CHICAGO - Despite Chicago Teachers Union negotiators agreeing to a tentative deal with the Chicago Public Schools, there are not classes Monday - and teachers might not return to classrooms until at least Wednesday.
On Monday Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked a state court to force Chicago school teachers back to work and end a week-long strike which he calls illegal.
Emanuel spokeswoman Sarah Hamilton said city attorneys asked the Cook County Circuit Court to force Chicago Teachers Union members off the picket line and back into classrooms.
The request, filed in Circuit Court
(CBS/AP) CHICAGO - Despite Chicago Teachers Union negotiators agreeing to a tentative deal with the Chicago Public Schools, there are not classes Monday - and teachers might not return to classrooms until at least Wednesday.
On Monday Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked a state court to force Chicago school teachers back to work and end a week-long strike which he calls illegal.
Emanuel spokeswoman Sarah Hamilton said city attorneys asked the Cook County Circuit Court to force Chicago Teachers Union members off the picket line and back into classrooms.
The request, filed in Circuit Court
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