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Members of community group Parents 4 Teachers display pro-teacher posters outside City Hall in Chicago. More than 26,000 teachers and support staff hit the picket lines after the Chicago Teachers Union failed to reach an agreement with the city on compensation, benefits and job security.

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Chicago school teachers picket outside Wells High School in Chicago.

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Teacher Jillian Connolly helps her daughter study math problems while picketing outside of the William H. Wells Community High School in Chicago.

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A member of the Chicago Teachers Union holds a dog displaying a union sticker during a protest outside Willa Cather Elementary School.

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Socorro Pizaña, a janitor at Dirksen School, holds a sign supporting teachers in front of the local Chicago Teachers Union strike headquarters.

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A student watches a Chicago Teachers Union protest outside Willa Cather Elementary School that calls attention to ongoing contract talks with the Board of Education.

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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announces her call for a strike among the city's 25,000 public school teachers.

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Members of the Chicago Teachers Union picket outside Willa Cather Elementary School.

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A teacher places signs in his car at the Chicago Teachers Union strike headquarters.

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Members of the Chicago Teachers Union distribute strike signs.

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