More than 95% of members of the CTU voted over three days last week to authorize their leaders to call a strike. About 90% of rank-and-file members cast ballots, the union said. State law requires at least 75% of members to approve a strike before leaders to move forward with a work stoppage.
Teachers in the nation’s third largest school district have voted overwhelmingly in favor of calling a strike, paving the way for the third work stoppage during Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s time in office, union officials said Monday.