D.C. teachers’ union supports Chicago strike

By Lisa Gartner

Published September 10, 2012 4:00am ET

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D.C. teachers’ union supports Chicago strike — A woman pushes a stroller past a group of public school teachers picketing outside Amundsen High School in Chicago. (AP photo) | Sitthixay Ditthavong

The D.C. teachers union is supporting the strike by its counterpart in Chicago, where about 26,000 teachers are refusing to work after failing to agree on a contract with the city.

“Their fight is our fight!” reads a graphic posted to the Washington Teachers’ Union’s official Twitter account Monday morning, after “We support the Chicago Teachers Union.”

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