芝加哥城市学院教师工会10月24日达成初步协议 96%罢工投票促成医保与涨薪条款
10月24日，伊利诺伊州教师联合会主席斯泰西·戴维斯·盖茨宣布，库克县学院教师工会1600分会已与芝加哥城市学院就新合同达成初步协议。盖茨表示，分会96%的罢工投票、纠察行动以及在每次董事会会议上的到场，是这份协议得以达成的原因。协议保护了教师的医保费用不上涨，提供与生活成本挂钩的加薪；协议附函设立专责小组，研究让发展教育（不计学分课程）免费。
分会主席托尼·约翰斯顿说，与约翰逊市长团队的谈判体验“明显不同”，市长团队透明、随叫随到，认真倾听了谈判桌两边的声音。盖茨还称，约翰逊市长展现了把教育工作者当作伙伴的姿态，其政府在谈判桌上的开放态度帮助促成了协议。接下来，协议将交由分会会员表决批准。
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City Colleges of Chicago Teachers Union Reaches Tentative Agreement on Oct. 24; 96% Strike Vote Helped Win Health Care and Pay Terms
On Oct. 24, Illinois Federation of Teachers President Stacy Davis Gates announced that Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600 had reached a tentative agreement with City Colleges of Chicago on a new contract. Gates said the local's 96% strike vote, its picketing and its presence at every board meeting were the reasons the agreement was reached. The agreement protects teachers from increases in their health care costs and provides raises tied to the cost of living; a side letter to the agreement creates a task force to study making developmental education (non-credit courses) free.
Local President Tony Johnston said the experience of negotiating with Mayor Johnson's team was markedly different, describing the mayor's team as transparent, accessible and genuinely listening to both sides at the table. Gates also said Mayor Johnson showed a posture of treating educators as partners and that his administration's openness at the negotiating table helped produce the agreement. The agreement will next go to the local's members for a ratification vote.
Source: GSM News
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