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December 28, 2012

Chicago Teachers Union Sues City for Discrimination 
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The Chicago Teachers Union has filed a lawsuit accusing the city of
discriminating against African-American teachers and staff through its
effort to reform or shut down local schools. The federal suit says more
than half of the tenured teachers who lost their jobs in the most recent
wave of school closings were African American, despite African Americans
comprising just 30 percent of tenured teachers overall and 35 percent in
the under-performing schools that wind up being closed. The teachers'
union is seeking an injunction to stop Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel from
closing any more schools.