Chicago teachers are picking up signs and T-shirts as they prepare for a potential strike. Members of the Chicago Teachers Union are set to hit the picket lines at 6 a.m. Tuesday if union negotiators and Chicago Public Schools officials don't strike a tentative deal on a new contract.
Teachers in the nation's third-largest district have been working without a contract since June 2015. The union wants no cuts to pay or benefits and an additional $200 million in spending to ensure adequate staffing levels.
The financially struggling CPS has said it is working within the framework of an offer it made in January, which included pay increases but required teachers to pay more toward their pensions.
