{"id":634655,"date":"2010-01-19T09:59:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=11160"},"modified":"2010-01-19T09:59:18","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T14:59:18","slug":"kankakee-teachers-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/634655","title":{"rendered":"Kankakee teachers on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All Kankakeee District 111\u00a0schools\u00a0are closed today because of a teachers&#8217; strike, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.k111.k12.il.us\/\" >district&#8217;s Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The union and district failed to reach an agreement to avoid a strike late last week, and on Monday the district canceled classes for today in anticipation of the walkout.<\/p>\n<p>About 5,800 students at 12 schools which include classes from kindergarten through 12th grade, will be affected until the two sides come to an agreement. <span id=\"more-11160\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A 14th and so far last negotiating session was held Friday. And on Sunday, about 200 of the<br \/>\n373-member teachers&#8217; union met to organize picket lines, make signs and rally.<\/p>\n<p>The union and the district reached a tentative agreement Dec. 15, which averted a strike at that time.<\/p>\n<p>But the union membership rejected the proposal two days later on a vote of 142-to-121, and no replacement proposal has been put forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em><a href=\"mailto:chicagobreaking@tribune.com\" rel='nofollow'>Staff report<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingnews.com\/2010\/01\/kankakee-district-111-teachers-call-strike.html\"  rel='nofollow'>Tribune News Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/c_35O9kGY6ZSfQf9hteQO2WtsxQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/c_35O9kGY6ZSfQf9hteQO2WtsxQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/c_35O9kGY6ZSfQf9hteQO2WtsxQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/c_35O9kGY6ZSfQf9hteQO2WtsxQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=FKN5ADSKnqg:LWv1h7EbgIk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=FKN5ADSKnqg:LWv1h7EbgIk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=FKN5ADSKnqg:LWv1h7EbgIk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=FKN5ADSKnqg:LWv1h7EbgIk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/FKN5ADSKnqg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Kankakeee District 111\u00a0schools\u00a0are closed today because of a teachers&#8217; strike, according to the district&#8217;s Web site. The union and district failed to reach an agreement to avoid a strike late last week, and on Monday the district canceled classes for today in anticipation of the walkout. 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