A
protester holds a sign critical of Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel during a
rally of striking Chicago school teachers Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, in
Chicago. Union president Karen Lewis reminded the crowd that although Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning to the courts to try to
put an end to a teachers strike that's entering its second week and has
left parents scrambling to make alternative child care arrangements for
at least two more days.
The union and school leaders
seemed headed toward a resolution at the end of last week, saying they
were optimistic students in the nation's third-largest school district
would be back in class by Monday. But teachers uncomfortable with a
tentative contract offer decided Sunday to remain on strike, saying they
needed more time to review a complicated proposal.
Emanuel fired back, saying he
told city attorneys to seek a court order forcing Chicago Teachers Union
members back into the classroom.
Teachers on the picket line at
Mark T. Skinner West Elementary School on Chicago's near West Side
declined to comment early Monday — a second day of silence as the
possibility of legal action loomed over them.
The strike is the first for the
city's teachers in 25 years and has kept 350,000 students out of class,
leaving parents to make other plans.watch video below:
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