The Chicago Teachers Union on Wednesday discussed their next steps in lengthy contract talks with Chicago Public Schools. CPS and CTU have begun fact-finding hearings this week, a required stage in negotiations before the union can legally go on strike.

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Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates says a fact-finding process underway now is “stacked against” the CTU, opening the door for a strike as early as March.

Contentious labor contract negotiations are overshadowing the needs of Chicago Public Schools students and parents.

After nine months of ham-fisted stabs at power politics, the Chicago Teachers Union’s leadership says a strike is likely. Teachers could walk off the job as early as March. The irony couldn’t be any thicker,

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The fact-finding process triggers a timeline for a possible strike, but it wouldn’t happen until mid-April at the earliest.