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Notable Past Teachers’ Strikes: 1986-1987 Strike In Downstate Homer Lasted 8 Months
But the 1987 strike was not the longest teachers' strike in Illinois history, or even in Illinois that year.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago teachers went on strike for 19 days back in 1987 – the longest in Chicago history to date.
But the 1987 strike was not the longest teachers’ strike in Illinois history, or even in Illinois that year. That honor goes to downstate Homer, a town of about 1,200 in Champaign County, where teachers went on strike for eight months.
