City Colleges reach deal with faculty, staff union to avert strike

Members of the Cook County College Teachers Union and their supporters picket outside Harold Washington College in the Loop Oct. 6. The union and City Colleges announced Monday that a tentative contract agreement had been reached. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Faculty and professional staff at the City Colleges of Chicago have reached a tentative agreement on a new union contract and called off their planned strike later this week.

The workers represented by the Cook County Colleges Teachers Union had been in negotiations with City Colleges administrators for more than a year over pay, class sizes and other educational supports. A strike was planned for Wednesday.