Chicago
University of Illinois-Chicago nurses and support staff around state set to strike
September 11, 2020"There will not be peace on this campus until we have proper compensation for our workers."
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Threat of strike forces Chicago to cancel school re-opening plan
August 5, 2020Nation's third largest school district announced that to protect against coronavirus it will reopen with remote learning only.
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Illinois Communists condemn Trump’s move toward guns and secret police
July 24, 2020“The City of Chicago is united in rejecting the provocation of the Trump administration in sending hundreds of militarized, highly armed secret-police gunmen into our streets in the midst of a public health crisis and economic...
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Chicago teachers say remote learning only way to keep kids safe
July 24, 2020"We call on the schools and the mayor of this city to have a heart...make sure our students can be educated remotely until it is safe,” declared Stacy Davis Gates, Chicago Teachers Union vice president.
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Illinois Supreme Court rules Chicago police can’t destroy disciplinary records
July 8, 2020Disciplinary records are public property, and the Chicago cops can’t use their contract to cover up their past transgressions, the justices decreed, 6-1.
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