Chicago Teachers Strike

The final margin was 81 percent to 19 percent with 80 percent of schools reporting late Friday.

The district plans to make up five days of school canceled by the strike by holding class on Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving, Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, June 17 and June 18.

If the mayor agrees, the deal potentially ends a two-week strike and sends the district’s 25,000 teachers back to work.

The 10-day teachers strike could be coming to an end as members of the Chicago Teachers Union's house of delegates plan to meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday to vote on a tentative agreement.

The arrests came during a sit-in at Sterling Bay's West Loop headquarters.

Earlier this month, Mayor Lightfoot said the $1.3 billion tax subsidy for Lincoln Yards is not "available [money] that we can just shift somewhere else."

“On… issues like class size and staffing we have gotten the closest we have ever been.”

The city estimates its offer to the teachers union at $500 million over a proposed five-year contract.

“We’re not close to where we need to be on the big issues,” said Deputy Mayor Sybil Madison. “We will return tomorrow and work diligently to close the divide.”

“My morale is pretty low. I feel a bit defeated, but I am still going to keep coming back each day," one teacher said Friday.

The union hinted at a deal that could lead to school resuming Monday. “That is absolutely our hope,” said Jennifer Johnson, the union’s chief of staff.

Hopes appear to dim for reaching any resolution by the end of the week.

Some 7,500 members of SEIU Local 73 have been on strike from their jobs at CPS since Thursday, when teachers also walked out. SEIU represents bus aides, custodians, classroom assistants and security officers.

The presidential candidate joined striking teachers in Austin for a rally Tuesday morning.

“Unless there’s a change at the top of the city in regards to their willingness to make meaningful changes, we’re not likely seeing a quick settlement to the current strike,” union President Jesse Sharkey said.

Union President Jesse Sharkey warned Monday that a quick settlement was now “not likely” and fewer members of its big bargaining team would attend negotiations on Tuesday.

The Chicago Teachers Strike enters its second week.

School buildings will be open and students will be served breakfast and lunch at schools, and then be offered dinner to take home,

Bargaining between City Hall and the Chicago Teachers Union ended Saturday night with reports of continued progress on two key issues — class size caps and support staff — but a stall in three other critical areas.