CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union says no deal has been reached in ongoing talks with negotiators from the Chicago Public Schools.
Representatives from the union and the district returned to the bargaining table Tuesday as the teachers' strike entered its second day. More than 25,000 teachers are on strike for the first time in a quarter century.
In a statement Tuesday afternoon, union spokeswoman Stephanie Gadlin says the CTU has signed off on only six of the 49 articles in its contract. She says the negotiations still "have a considerable way to go."
Gadlin says Tuesday's contract talks have included discussions of proposed evaluation procedures. That's been one of the most contentious issues, along with recall rights for laid-off teachers.
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197-a-04-(Stacey Nikolopoulos, Chicago public school teacher with 18 years on the job, in AP interview)-"return to work"-Stacey Nikolopoulos, a Chicago public school teacher with 18 years on the job, says she would rather be teaching in a classroom than walking a picket line, but there are important issues at stake. (11 Sep 2012)
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199-r-07-(Sound of Chicago public school teachers, in protest)--This is sound of Chicago public school teachers chanting as they walk the picket line. (11 Sep 2012)
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GRAPHICSBANK: Public school teachers picket outside Amundsen High School, Chicago, with CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION logo on texture, lettering STRIKE, finished graphic (10 Sep 2012)
APPHOTO ILMG109: Michael Grant, a parent of a Chicago public school student, walks a picket line outside Shoop Elementary School in support of striking CPS teachers, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. This is the second day of a strike in the nation's third-largest school district as negotiations by the two sides failed to reach an agreement Monday in a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (11 Sep 2012)
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APPHOTO ILMG111: Chicago public school teachers take a group picture as they walk a picket line outside Shoop Elementary School in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, on the second day of a strike in the nation's third-largest school district as negotiations by the two sides failed to reach an agreement Monday in a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and job security. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (11 Sep 2012)
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