accounting is even worse dropping the value and have there are many reasons for that the union chief karen lewis makes for a good example. before leaving the union lewis signed teachers earning a salary of $80,000 a year and she has only had to pay 2 per cent of that, it's a benefit that wasn't even questioned during the strike that has to change says some republican lawmakers. >> we are not going to do anything that will make people happy. it's going to be very painful. and because we waited so long to fix it to the problem gets even tougher. where do the teachers chop? >> teachers like things to be done with us not to us. there are some who do not want to change that system. what we really need is our representatives in springfield to step up. what we don't feel like doing is getting invited to a dinner party to talk about these things to find out that we are the only ones on the menu. we have no further response from careless or the library assistant and a lawsuit late tonight we got a statement from the illinois teachers' retirement system they hope that lawmakers properly fund pensions and

. >> students held their own press conference at the school where c-t-u president karen lewis cast her vote.. but it had nothing to do with the teacher contract. the students are upset that all administrative offices and classes have been moved to one side of dyett high school.. and all staff and students now use the same entrance. c-p-s says the current student population of 186 is in a building designed for 12 hundred.. and the changes were made to maximize space and promote a safer school environment. the students are concerned about not having access to the entire building and they say being forced to use the back entrance makes them feel like they're "the help". >>it was a much longer flight than expected for passengers on board an american airlines plane heading from chicago to london. the plane had to make two emergency landings along the way. first it stopped in eastern canada for a medical emergency on board. after taking off again. the plane had to land in shannon ireland after reporting a smell of smoke in the cockpit. the issue was with a fan and the plane was able to take

official chicago public schools and their teachers have a new deal with the teachers' union president karen lewissupporting the contract was overwhelmingly approved with nearly 80% of voting in favor it's the highest approval rating for a contract in history school officials say they will report back on this either this week or next. faulty seats have been toppling over during takeoff on american airlines flights. three american planes had seats come loose during flights a lot of officials are apologizing to customers tonight is always of the utmost priority to americans. regular seasons have been cancelled and the nhl lockout no progress at the bargaining table so the season will not start on time this season will start maybe january until now the regular season has been affected it was set to begin next week money is the issue they are at odds and how to spread out $3 billion in revenue no new talks have been scheduled. six years ago the entire season was left out by labor disputes that will not happen this time. new seats at wrigley and maybe football returning there? the committee approved a

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the head of the teachers' union karen lewis caster ballot but she says she would speculate on how the rest of the rank-and- file would vote. the contract would give teachers a base salary increase of 3% next year and also set guidelines for teacher evaluation tied to student test scores. the principal at st. margaret of scotland's elementary school has abruptly resigned a meeting tonight. principal ricky harris says he has been questioned about his integrity daily since the new pastor and has felt abandoned. o'donnell would not allow reporters into the meeting tonight and even asked the media to get off the church property recently the parish members said they didn't want to vacate it for six months which is protocol when new pastors arrive. still ahead, sold to the federal government buys the old prison from illinois. and a nice warmup before temperatures dip into the low 50s. ♪ i'd do anything for you, dear ♪ ♪ anything yes, i'd do anything ♪ ♪ anything for you ♪ ♪ ♪ i was once used for small jobs. and i took on all the bigger tougher ones. but with mr. clean's new select-a-size mag

>> i will concede that chicago is weird, and i would argue that, um, that karen lewis from the chicago teachers' union acted much more like scott walker in showing an outward disdain for collective bargaining than mayor emanuel did. that was a strike that didn't need to happen. that was something -- if you look at the way it ended up, you know, rational human beings with a respect for the collective bargaining process should have been able to work through that without having to keep kids out of school for that week. look, it's difficult. i think that for a mayor to go in and do this, they can't just go in for the fight. thai got to be -- they've got to be able to make a broader case to the prick about why this -- to the public about why this fight is necessary. i think a lot of people outside of chicago believed that rahm was winning for a while, so they feel disappointed when it was at the end. butten -- but within the city of chicago there was tremendous support for the teachers, particularly from parents where that's, obviously, the group that's up for grabs in any kind of teachers'