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A Cook County judge declined to immediately hear arguments Monday in a request by Chicago school officials to force teachers to end their walkout, according to a city law department spokesman.
Instead, a hearing on the matter could come Tuesday or Wednesday, law department spokesman Roderick Drew said.
Calling the dispute illegal and dangerous, Chicago school officials filed the complaint Monday, asking a judge to end the teacher strike now in its sixth school day.
Union officials in turn accused Mayor Rahm Emanuel of using the courts to bully schoolteachers into accepting a tentative deal.
Meanwhile, parents and city officials scrambled to keep about 350,000 schoolchildren busy and out of trouble as the strike stretched into its second week.
The complaint filed Monday seeks to compel teachers to return to work immediately. Representatives for the Chicago Teachers Union decided Sunday to continue their walkout, despite a tentative contract deal between union leaders and school officials.
"State law expressly prohibits the CTU from striking over non-economic issues, such as layoff and recall policies, teacher evaluations, class sizes and the length of the school day and year," the district said in a statement. "The CTU's repeated statements and recent advertising campaign have made clear that these are exactly the subjects over which the CTU is striking."
The strike also prevents "critical educational and social services, including meals for students who otherwise may not receive proper nutrition, a safe environment during school hours and critical services for students who have special needs," the district continued.
The request seeks only a judge's order to force teachers back to work, the district said. It does not ask the judge to rule on the labor dispute itself.
The filing fulfilled Emanuel's vow Sunday night to seek court action to force teachers back to work.
The union responded to the filing Monday by saying it "appears to be a vindictive act instigated by the mayor."
"This attempt to thwart our democratic process is consistent with Mayor Emanuel's bullying behavior toward public school educators," the union said.
On Sunday, Emanuel called the union's decision to hold off on its vote "a delay of choice that is wrong for our children."
"I will not stand by while the children of Chicago are played as pawns in an internal dispute within a union," he said Sunday.
Teachers in Chicago, the nation's third-largest school system, are among the highest-paid in the country. The strike has drawn national attention as the teachers negotiate over the length of the school day, object to their evaluations being tied to performance and worry about job loss from school closings.
Parents of the more than 350,000 students in the school system have juggled schedules for a week, trying to make sure their children are looked after.
"Am I going to school again?" kindergartener Cyani asked her mom Toni and dad Allen Packer on Sunday.
"I just hope they come to a conclusion for the kids as well as the teachers," Allen Packer told CNN affiliate WBBM. "I'm a working citizen myself, so I have somewhat of a duty to be on the working man's side."
Gerre Harte has plunked down more than $100 in day care costs for her daughter Nell, in addition to modifying her work schedule.
Still, she wasn't ready to criticize the teachers for staying on the picket line.
"We're supportive of our teachers, and we really like our teachers," Harte said, according to WBBM.
The news still left Nell feeling a bit sad. "I like to go to school," she said.
With the strike continuing, the school system planned to open 147 "Children First" sites citywide Monday for students to go to, in addition to programs run by the city's park department and neighborhood organizations, Chicago Board of Education President David Vitale said.
But Vitale said that he, like the mayor, is "extremely disappointed" that such programs are necessary. He noted that classes began, for some students, on August 13 and that he didn't understand why they couldn't continue as work continues to finalize a contract deal.
"There is no reason why our kids cannot be in school while the union reviews the agreement," Vitale said.
18 Sep, 2012
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