jean-claude brizard spoke to parents today about this vote ... >>the schools ceo was here in the southeast side where he again claimed that today's vote was premature ... >>we have been very serious about negotiating in good faith ... we want a contract >>jean-claude brizard spent much of the morning at christian fellowship church meeting with parents in a prearranged gathering but many are quite concerned about the teachers' contract situation and today's vote. he believes the teachers are lacking information in order to make a vote ... karen lewis cast her vote ... they are seeking a 29 percent raise over two years noting the bigger workload for the longer school day ... the city is offering only 2 percent in raises ... they need 75 percent approval in order to strike ... many in the rank-and-file wanted the strike vote and they say the timing is good because of the summer break >>they need to understand we have a voice 30,000 people at the bargaining table with us and this is what has to happen now for them to understand where were at >>the ba

teachers union reps claim cps plans to lead to larger class sizes lower achievement levels jean claude brizard not the case and wants to give teachers what he considers more accurate information tonight hundreds of people hoping for just a chance of getting it to chicago public housing struggling long line this morning at 41st and king drive south side chicago housing authority's accepting applications for public housing waiting list. registration through june 29th applicants must already live in the communities where there will be openings. >> requirements quite simple income and means people can come into the community live in these specific areas to be eligible >> audio is weak but you can hear she says basically have to live in the community servant to apply. not first come first served cha electron at the lottery drawing >> own a business in cook county installment of property taxes sooner than later property tax bill expected to hit mailboxes first week of july 2nd first week of july. payments due august 1st. last year to november 1st school districts from local governments do not have t

jean claude brizard says teachers asked to work 10% more ad contains everything in the last contract legal authorizing a strike too much this too soon. >> they only have one shot taken at a time no final offer no clear information and grossly inaccurate information >> the playing field is level on their side right now this changes that field very clearly >> what about legislative intervention out of the question? union says it would be a shame for lawmakers to ignore the voices of teachers chicago public school officials say the same lawmakers watching the negotiations closely. former mayor daley showing support for teachers today calling them the backbone of america most important people besides parents in shaping childrens' lives >> key to success in anything took responsibility did not blame anybody when you take responsibility you know what it is never blame teachers >> mayor daley appeared to support the demands for more compensation for logger school there no other public employee asked to give free time. another bloody weekend of gun violence in chicago eight people dead and d

three years to the school board is offering a 2% guarantee over five years for our rates to jean-claude brizard issued a statement saying that the members were pushed to authorize the strike before having the opportunity to consider the independent report from the fact finders due out in july ... he thought they made a false choice >>i hope they come to an agreement and that there is a middle ground and that teachers get some compensation they are already working very hard i a voice feel that teachers are underpaid anyway >>i'm on that it's a good time to be asking for a lot more money may be a little bit more money certainly not the 30 percent that they were looking for that is obscene in this day and age when people are losing jobs and losing pension ... i don't think this is the time for that >>the c p u is saying that it's a strike authorization there will not necessarily go on strike should they decide to go on strike the earliest would be august 17th we will have more later this afternoon tempreatures rise and tempers flare... resulting in a violent weekend in chicago. eight people are ki

>>just yesterday school ceo jean-claude brizard expressed optimism about reaching a contract whether not they'll authorize a strike chicago public schools has issued a statement saying that the strike vote should not be taken until the fact-finding proposal is released in mid july which will include a fair race for the teachers and move to strike at this time will hurt the children in the community and the teachers who will not have enough information ... >>three teenagers were killed in a car crash near oswego. 19year-old brian herrera was driving south on schlapp road when he tried to cross an yesterday. he made the turn and pulled in front of a semi-truck, heading east. the semi-truck struck hit the teen's car then toppled over. herrera died instantly. passengers 19year-old tyler montgomery and 18 year-old alexis banuelos were also killed. >>that is the most dangerous intersection i have ever seen ... lots of people have been killed on that corner how many will it take before they put a four way stop or a traffic light or something because it is just a dangerous ... >> the truck d

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cps chief jean claude brizard making it clear strike authorization vote should be put on hold until district final offer comes out either way >> it should not change anything what we have to do negotiating in good faith union hoping to get 75 percent of teachers to authorize the strike they say enough for leverage in negotiations faith leaders set up as observers to validate any vote that comes and >> do not anticipate difficulty will raise concerns if there are any union and by the bus to be here clear they have nothing to hide. >> authorization vote does not guarantee there will be a strike teachers able to vote during the next few days last time it went on strike in 1987. taser to add eight months pregnant chicago woman weeks from delivery police took her down with a taser gun joked and made fun of her as she laid on the ground stunned and immobile multiple investigations under way tonight newsroom with the story. >> last night walgreen's parking lot south side woman claiming to young kids watched the entire thing fiance dislocated elbow trying to defend her tonight hospital resting at ho

chicago public schools c-e-o jean claude brizard is urging the teachers union to hold off plans for a strike authorization vote. brizard spoke at a southside church yesterday -- where he asked that teachers wait until july 16th -- instead of taking the vote on wednesday. this morning, brizard spoke on cltv and said he'd like the teachers to wait until an independent panel makes its recommendations. the teachers union claims the to do this prior to july 16th is not doing anyone a service any information in their hands well before then cps proposals will lead to larger class sizes more children expelled and lower student achievement levels. under a new state law, 75 percent of the teachers would have to approve a strike. and cps has reached a contract deal with its second largest union. the service employees international represents custodians, school bus aides, security aides and others. the proposed three-year contract includes a wage increase and an assurance that no more union jobs would be outsourced. children's memorial hospital is holding its official ribbon cutting ceremony at i

board to preserve documents for review and debate while union filed a complaint school ceo jean claude brizard interfere and writing letters discouraging the vote >> commuters computers back city hall went down this afternoon to end 4:00 preventing workers of accessing the internet city hall blames the outage on a power issue still under investigation public still able to log on to the city website problems for people purchasing a vehicle stickers >> bp best getting help pair of dead monkeys ended up discovered opening a crate of valves spokesperson for bp scott dean said animals became trapped and large shipping container from india findings centers for disease control disturbing allegations west suburban school bus driver accused sexually abusing young special education students gower west elementary school west suburban willowbrook children parent's lawsuit clement school fell to protect children after five months of this vacation department of children services. he went on fast and up from seatbelts could give their treats candy and fruit snacks grand prairie transit that fired driver afte