After 22 months of stalled negotiations, West Chicago High School teachers staged a “grade-in” on Wednesday to express their support for union negotiators, and plan to hold a second one on December 20th. Roughly 25 teachers graded students’ work while others demonstrated outside of a bargaining session where union members presented their most recent counterproposal. The school board’s latest offer was for a three-year contract, and teachers are calling for a longer five-year agreement. In October a federal mediator was called in to try and bring an end to the negotiation talks, but while there has been some progress in recent rounds, president of the West Chicago Teachers Association Brad Larson said that they will likely be looking at final offers in the near future if negotiators don’t reach a breakthrough soon.
See "22 months into talks, still no deal in West Chicago District 94", Katlyn Smith, Daily Herald, December 15, 2017