Tentative deal reached with striking Chicago teachers

[Zorra]

CTU attorney Robert Bloch said union negotiators were "hopeful that we will have a complete agreement to present to the union’s House of Delegates by Sunday. And if the delegates so vote, we will suspend the strike and students can return to school on Monday."

Bloch was asked how confident he was that delegates would be happy enough with the deal to end the strike.

“I can’t provide assurances, but I can tell you that it’s a contract that the committee expects to recommend to the membership. And if we have been listening to the membership well and have heard their concerns, then that agreement will be acceptable to our membership overall,” Bloch said.

“We are hopeful that we will have a complete agreement done by Sunday, that when the House of Delegates will review it, that they will have confidence in that agreement and that they will vote to suspend the strike so students can return to school on Monday,” he added.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-teachers-strike-0914-20120914,0,5804860.story

[Kingofalldems]

1. Repubs not liking this one

[jenw2]

2. Exactly. They don't want children in schools.

[senseandsensibility]

3. I would like to know if the charter schools that remained in session

will provide raises for their teachers. Those teachers did not walk the walk and don't deserve a raise won by the union membership. I hope this deal is truly acceptable to the teachers, and if it is, I congratulate them on their victory against powerful odds.

[loli phabay]

6. i guess it depends if they are competing for the same teaching pool

if they are then they will need to at least match the raise to keep their guys in place. As i dont live in chicago i have no idea of the situation there.

[still_one]

4. Excellent. /nt

[Warpy]

5. I don't think Rahm (R-lite) Emanuel anticipated

that a majority of parents in the district would approve of the strike and his internal polls must've been much more favorable to it than the 55% favorable number that was released to the press.

This was a bad miscalculation on his part. Good.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. The union spent years working at building relationships with parents and community groups

Im not sure why Rahm would ever have believed parents would turn against the teachers. If he did he just wasn't paying attention.

[Warpy]

11. He's so certain of his silly third way dogma

and his own importance to the working of the universe that he never considered the work the union had been doing in preparation for this showdown.

[Starry Messenger]

7. Labor 1 — Smug Plutocrats 0

[senseandsensibility]

8. Perfect reply.

Let's hope this is a true cause for celebration.

[Starry Messenger]

9. I'm feeling good about it. :)

[Zorra]

12. giggles