Strike

Healthcare workers at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital are joining hundreds of Illinois nurses on strike Monday, alleging unfair labor practices as contract negotiations stall. SEIU Local 73, the union that represents technical, clerical and maintenance healthcare workers, said they asked for more protection from COVID-19 and better pay. “UIC continues to drag its feet when it comes to COVID-19…

Healthcare workers at University of Illinois Chicago Hospital are joining hundreds of Illinois nurses on strike Monday, alleging unfair labor practices as contract negotiations stall. Susan Carlson reports.

Essential workers are striking nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups organized rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy.

President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a...

Hundreds of students at one Chicago elementary school reportedly called out sick on Thursday, one of the make-up days following October’s Chicago Teachers Union Strike, according to a parent. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford explains.

Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundreds of thousands marched nationwide in a strike over the government’s plan to overhaul the retirement system. At least 90 people were arrested in Paris by evening as the protests wound down. Police said 65,000 people took to…

Private and public workers in Paris called a general strike Thursday, which shut down most of Paris. They are protesting proposed changes to the country’s retirement system.

After Chicago Public Schools student athletes watched the Chicago Teacher’s Union strike go on for weeks and then having the IHSA strike policy leaving their state playoff dreams up in the air, the Illinois Appellate court said Thursday that CPS runners will be able to take part in Saturday’s meet.

The Illinois High School Association on Monday appealed a judge’s decision allowing Chicago Public Schools student-athletes to take part in cross country meets, according to court records.

A judge’s ruling allowed CPS runners to participate in sectionals, but now the IHSA is challenging that ruling and trying to keep CPS runners from the state meet. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has more. 

A judge granted an emergency injunction on Friday evening, which allowed Chicago Public Schools cross country student-athletes to automatically advance to sectional races, nearly a week after a separate judge denied their request to compete in a regional tournament.

In her first sitdown interview since the Chicago Teachers Union strike ended, Mayor Lori Lightfoot talked with NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern about President Trump’s recent criticism of Chicago, her support of Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, the strike and meeting the parents of a young girl shot while trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives her first sit-down interview since the Chicago teachers strike ended. She talked with NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern about President Donald Trump’s recent remarks about Chicago, the end of the strike and meeting the 7-year-old girl shot in Little Village on Halloween.

A single mother who dropped three of her children off at an elementary school during the Chicago Teachers Union strike says she was told to pick her children up, and not to bring them back until the strike ends.

With more than 25,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and staff on the picket lines during a days-long strike, parents are forced to make alternate arrangements for their children.

Chicago Public Schools canceled classes for Thursday, the sixth day without school, as teachers remain on strike. Lauren Petty reports.  

Chicago’s teachers strike gained national attention Tuesday as Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren walked the picket line with striking teachers.

Chicago Public Schools has canceled classes Wednesday as the ongoing teachers strike continues without an agreement.

It appears the Chicago teachers strike won’t end anytime soon after Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent the union a letter which CTU President Jesse Sharkey said “dashed hopes” for a quick settlement. Susan Carlson reports.