Posted on 09/18/2012 4:00:55 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
The Chicago Teachers Union voted to end its strike Tuesday, concluding an episode that put President Obama in a bind between siding with a major labor union in his hometown and Rahm Emanuel, his former chief of staff and the current mayor of Chicago.
The strike's end means at least 350,000 students who had not been attending Chicago public schools for a week will return to the classroom.
The end of the strike came Tuesday afternoon after the Teachers Union's House of Delegates voted to end the dispute and accept a contract offered by the city.
Even before the union went on strike Emanuel had been working to try and find an agreement over a number of sticking points concerning pay and job security for teachers in schools that could close soon.
Nationally, the strike received attention for its location in Obama's hometown with, on one side, a labor union, a key voting bloc for the president, and Emanuel, a former top aide and a key member of Obama's reelection campaign, on the other side.
Mitt Romney also sought to use the strike to attack Obama. On the first day of the strike the Republican presidential nominee issued a blistering statement saying Obama clearly sided with unions and against the interest of students and families.
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The contract accepted was 17% pay raise over four years. You were the victim of a typo.
Emmanuel caved.
Add me to that long list of victims of the Chicago mob.
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