As more and more people mine the archives of Chicago (and CTU history) some of the more interesting moments are re-lived. In February 2, 1980, Chicago teachers met and voted for a strike in a massive meeting at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. The President of the CTU at the time was Robert M. Healey, who is depicted in a video recently posted on You Tube.
Chicago Teachers Union President Robert M. Healey speaking to teachers and career service workers on the picket line at "District 3" during the 13-day strike in 1983. By 1983, the Chicago Board of Education had given up trying to keep schools open and ordered scabs and principals to report to the 23 district offices, where all picketing took place. The picket lines held firm for 13 days, even after then Schools Supt. Ruth B. Love compared the strikers to the Sheriff of Birmingham Alabama who sicced police dogs on civil rights marchers.
Complete coverage of the pending 30,000 member Chicago Teachers Union strike against Mayor 1% Emanuel
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