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Chicago teachers may go on strike Tuesday for the third time since 2012.

Rauner's Press Office responded: "This kind of rhetoric has no place in American public discourse."

Students are still expected to attend school until June 21, officials said — unless teachers strike.

Karen Lewis earned another three-year term as president when no one ran against her.

Teachers are on a one-day strike, and other groups joined to try to "shut it down" across the city.

Fast-food workers and SEIU Healthcare Illinois made plans for Friday's strike and protests.

Chicago Public Schools set up a page to help parents find spots for their kids on Friday.

Protests across the city are expected to converge at the Thompson Center Downtown at 4 p.m.

Teachers called on CPS CEO Forrest Claypool to "join them in this courageous day of action" next Friday.

"We are dying the death by 1,000 cuts," said Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis.

"We should not take out disagreements on our children's education," the mayor said Wednesday.

The Chicago Teachers Union will hold a news conference after its House of Delegates meeting Wednesday.

The Chicago Teachers Union mulled what its announced "day of action" that day would actually involve.

The union asked "all concerned Chicago citizens" to "withhold your labor" and boycott classes April 1.

The union said it wouldn't strike over furlough days, while CPS said it wouldn't cut pension payments.