Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool calls for an end to “pickups” of employee pension contributions, which would save the cash-strapped district $174 million a year.

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union defied the school board to require teachers to pay more of their own retirement costs.

As contract negotiations heat up this summer, the facts are hard to stomach.

Talk of the next Detroit rings truer now than ever before.

Chicago Teachers Union executives say their members shouldn’t have to contribute more money to their retirements because of a contract negotiation nearly 35 years ago.