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  • Education

    Dixon back to school after negotiations end with agreement

    Dixon teachers were back in class Wednesday after nine days on strike. An agreement was made at 1:40 a.m.between the…

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    Dixon Teachers Strike Ends

    Students return to class in Dixon after a tentative agreement was reached between teachers and the school district.

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    Familes Cope with Teachers Strike

    While teachers are out of the classroom, so are students, leaving parents figuring out where to take their kids while…

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    Dixon Teachers On Strike

    Around 170 teachers picketed throughout the city of Dixon. Their strike started early Thursday morning, February 28, 2013. Negotiations will…

  • News

    Teachers and parents plead for quick end to strike

    Dixon parents and teachers begged the school district to reach a quick agreement over contracts on the eve of a teachers’ strike.

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    Parents react to Dixon teacher strike

    There’s no school in Dixon, Illinois Thursday, but it has nothing to do with the weather. The Dixon Education Association…

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    School bus drivers strike in NYC

    Nearly 9,000 New York school bus drivers walked off the job, leaving many of the district’s 1.1 million students without transportation.

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    Hostess brands closing for good

    Hostess Brands — the maker of such iconic baked goods as Twinkies, Devil Dogs and Wonder Bread — says striking workers are forcing it to permanently shut down.

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    Hostess liquidation possible if strike continues

    Hostess announced it will close bakeries in three cities and cut more than 600 jobs because of a bakers’ strike.

  • News / Sports NFL

    NFL and referees could have a deal

    The NFL and referees may have a deal to end the lockout.

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    Update: Anderson Erickson dairy strike ends

    About 24 hours after it began, the workers strike at the Anderson Erickson Dairy in Des Moines ended.

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    Chicago schools reopen after strike

    Hundreds of thousands of Chicago schools students will return to class Wednesday after the teachers’ union voted to suspend its sometimes acrimonious strike.