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    Chicago Teacher Strike, Day Two

    Negotiations are back on today in Chicago, one day after the teachers' union went on strike against a public school district with 350,000 students.  It's an action with nationwide implications that could impact this year's presidential campaign. Steven Greenhouse is labor and workplace reporter for the New York Times .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Negotiations are back on today in Chicago, one day after the teachers' union went on strike against a public school district with 350,000 students. It's an action with nationwide implications that could impact this year's presidential campaign. Steven Greenhouse is labor and workplace reporter for the New York Times.

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    Will the Courts Decide Another Presidential Election?
    1. 0:00Chicago Teacher Strike, Day TwoYou’re reading this
    2. 7:2311 Years after September 11, 2001
    3. 44:18Will the Courts Decide Another Presidential Election?
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Director of Content, News

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Steven Greenhouse

      labor reporter and author of “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor”

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Will the Courts Decide Another Presidential Election?
    1. 0:00Chicago Teacher Strike, Day TwoYou’re reading this
    2. 7:2311 Years after September 11, 2001
    3. 44:18Will the Courts Decide Another Presidential Election?
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