Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey, left, stands in the reception area of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office with CTU attorney Robert Bloch, right, at City Hall on Oct. 31, 2019, the day the teachers strike was settled. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Friction with the Chicago Teachers Union has been a hallmark of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s term — often at the expense of put-out parents
