The Nation - News from Sept. 4, 1985

Teacher strikes extended summer vacations for 62,000 students in Illinois and Michigan while unresolved contract talks in Seattle, San Francisco and Akron, Ohio, left in question the start of classes. In Philadelphia, teachers voted unanimously to approve a pact that includes a 16% pay hike. Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson directed his chief of staff to meet with representatives of the Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union to work out a contract. The 28,000-member CTU went on strike after federally mediated contract talks broke off early Tuesday.