Union leaders review new contract proposal

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Story Created: Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:33 AM

Story Updated: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:10 AM

CHICAGO (AP) - Union leaders for Chicago's teachers are meeting this morning to review a new contract proposal from the school board that district negotiators say addresses all the issues still on the table.
   
But teachers say they don't have great expectations that they'll soon reach an agreement.
   
Meanwhile, students are out of class for a third day today as their instructors walk the picket line.

Earlier story:

CHICAGO (AP) - The public teachers strike that has halted classwork and upset family routines across Chicago is grinding into a third day with no sign of an imminent deal.
   
Union leaders say they will meet this morning to review a new proposal from school board negotiators that addresses all the issues still on the table. The board has requested either a written response or a comprehensive counterproposal from the union.
   
But the teachers are lowering expectations for an agreement, buoyed by energetic rallies in which even parents inconvenienced by the strike were waving placards in support.
   
Among the biggest remaining issues are a new teacher evaluation system and a process for deciding which laid-off teachers can be rehired.

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