Rahm Emanuel,
the Mayor of Chicago, was seeking an court order on Sunday to declare
extended strike action by thousands of Chicago teachers illegal.
If the strike is extended by the Chicago Teachers Union, there will be no classes in Chicago public schools for a sixth day on Monday, and probably Tuesday, affecting 350,000 US kindergarten, elementary and high school students.
The showdown also left in doubt a deal on wages, benefits and education reforms for 29,000 unionised teachers that negotiators had hoped would end the biggest labour dispute in the United States in a year.
Karen Lewis, the Union president, said some 800 union delegates met on Sunday and decided to go back to consult with rank-and-file members before voting whether to end the walk out.
"There's no trust (of the school district and mayor)," Ms Lewis told a news conference. "So you have a population of people who are frightened of never being able to work for no fault of their own."
Union delegates will reconvene on Tuesday to discuss the feedback from rank-and-file members, Ms Lewis said. Parents should plan for their children to be out of school until at least Wednesday, she said.
No formal vote of delegates was taken, but they were asked to stand up so that the union leadership could get a sense of how many were for and against ending the strike, delegates said.
If the strike is extended by the Chicago Teachers Union, there will be no classes in Chicago public schools for a sixth day on Monday, and probably Tuesday, affecting 350,000 US kindergarten, elementary and high school students.
The showdown also left in doubt a deal on wages, benefits and education reforms for 29,000 unionised teachers that negotiators had hoped would end the biggest labour dispute in the United States in a year.
Karen Lewis, the Union president, said some 800 union delegates met on Sunday and decided to go back to consult with rank-and-file members before voting whether to end the walk out.
"There's no trust (of the school district and mayor)," Ms Lewis told a news conference. "So you have a population of people who are frightened of never being able to work for no fault of their own."
Union delegates will reconvene on Tuesday to discuss the feedback from rank-and-file members, Ms Lewis said. Parents should plan for their children to be out of school until at least Wednesday, she said.
No formal vote of delegates was taken, but they were asked to stand up so that the union leadership could get a sense of how many were for and against ending the strike, delegates said.
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