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Celebrated the lunchroom contract at the Oct. 22, 2026 board meeting where it was approved

Chicago's school board voted unanimously on Oct. 22 to approve a four-year contract for the district's lunchroom workers, setting a $21-an-hour minimum for cooks, attendants and porters in Unite Here Local 1. The union says it represents about 1,500 of those workers; Chalkbeat and Hyperlocal Loop put CPS lunchroom staffing above 1,800.

Updated Oct 23