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Summary The students in Chicago have started returning to classes after end of teachers strike.
Hundreds of thousands of Chicago public school students are returning to class after teachers ended a seven-day strike, their first walkout in 25 years.The strike in the nations third-largest school district idled about 350,000 students. The walkout was the first for a major U.S. city in at least six years.It also carried political implications, raising the risk of a labor battle in President Barack Obamas hometown weeks before the presidential election. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who pushed the teachers to return to work, is a former chief of staff for Obama.Chicagos teachers are among the highest paid in the country, but teachers unions nationwide have seen their political influence threatened by a growing reform movement.
