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• Factbox: Chicago teachers dispute is over school reform, money
• Chicago teachers resume negotiations to avoid major strike
• Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing
• School choice movement raises public profile as Chicago strike deadline looms

Factbox: Chicago teachers dispute is over school reform, money Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:35 PM PDT (Reuters) - Chicago public school teachers are threatening to strike on Monday for the first time since 1987 in a clash with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that has national implications because many states and cities are grappling with similar tight budgets and underperforming schools. Here are some of the key issues, and the stakes in the Chicago dispute. NATIONAL SCOPE: A walkout by Chicago teachers would be the largest private- or public-sector strike in the United States in a year. ...

Chicago teachers resume negotiations to avoid major strike Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:05 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union resumed "intense" negotiations on Saturday with the nation's third-largest school district to avert what would be the biggest U.S. labor strike in a year over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms. Some 29,000 teachers and support staff have threatened to strike on Monday, setting up an awkward confrontation between Emanuel, President Barack Obama's former top White House aide, and organized labor in the president's home city. ...

Chicago teachers say latest offer disappointing Posted: 08 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT The vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Saturday the city school district's latest offer in contract negotiations was disappointing and that the wrangling would continue throughout the weekend, as tens of thousands of teachers readied to walk off the job on Monday.

School choice movement raises public profile as Chicago strike deadline looms Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:20 PM PDT As the clock ticks down to a planned Sept. 10 teachers strike in Chicago, teachers unions and battles over school choice are gaining higher profiles nationally.

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