CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the strike called by the Chicago Teachers Union is “unnecessary” and unfair to the city’s school children.

The mayor spoke shortly after union President Karen Lewis announced that the city’s 25,000 public school teachers would walk the picket line Monday morning after talks with the school board broke down Sunday night.

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