Chicago Teachers Strike

"At this point these are cries of desperation. Hear our pleas," said CTU President Karen Lewis.

Institutions in Hyde Park and Kenwood are opening their doors for special camps during the strike.

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Chicago Public Schools said it has no plans to end early, despite claims by the Chicago Teachers Union.

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

"No teacher ever wants to go on strike," Lewis said Monday. "But this board leaves us no choice."

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

The school district wants to block the union from future strikes. 

Protests started at neighborhood schools throughout the city and will end with a huge rally in the Loop.

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Teachers can get a free breakfast at Spoken Cafe on Friday during the teachers union's one-day strike.

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.

The teachers' union threatened a strike if a 7 percent pension pickup is dropped; CPS said it's coming.