Chicago Strikes End

           After almost seven days of picketing and striking, the union finally reached a contract in Chicago. On Wednesday, children went back to school and resumed classes.  Before the strike started the kids had only attended five days of school. The parents of the children were happy that the kids were going back to school and could start working on their education again. While many other parents were just happy to not have their lives be so chaotic anymore. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was photographed greeting all of the children as they came back to school. It was hard to see which side actually "won" in terms of the contract. Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teacher Union were both claiming victories on the settled contract. The teachers were fighting for less students in classes, more classroom materials such as books, and more nurses and social workers in the schools. In the Chicago Teachers Union there is over 26,000 members which are all expected to sign the contract in the next coming weeks. This contract would extend the school day to be seven hours and also increased each teachers salary by over 17 percent in the upcoming years. Overall, I was just happy that the students were back in school again.