Union fights to cancel classes in Chicago's public schools for May Day protests

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Union fights to cancel classes in Chicago's public schools for May Day protests
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A tangled political fight over whether Chicago’s public schools will hold classes on May Day has unraveled in the nation’s third-largest city. The influential teachers union, an ally of Mayor Brandon Johnson, wants educators to participate in protests on May 1. That would coincide with workers’ rights rallies worldwide.

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