CHICAGO — After nearly a year of contract talks, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) could reach a tentative deal by next week. In a statement shared Friday ...

SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer disputed assertions CTU President Stacy Davis Gates made in social media posts over the weekend, delivering her strongest comments yet on the monthslong dispute ...

But the day ended without a resolution, and negotiations didn’t continue into the night, prompting CTU leaders to announce they would hold a special meeting of their 500-member governing body ...

SEIU had accused the CTU of crafting contract proposals that would train teacher assistants to do work currently done by members of SEIU Local 73, potentially diminishing the union’s future ranks.