Fran Spielman interviews Stacy Davis Gates on being barred from meeting that ended teachers strike

The CTU vice president said she was stopped at a City Hall elevator by the mayor’s security team.

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Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey looks on as Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks to reporters at City Hall about the end of the teachers strike, Thursday afternoon, Oct. 31, 2019. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

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Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates said she was stopped at a City Hall elevator by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s security team and barred from participating in the final round of negotiations that ended the strike that saw teachers out of school for 11 days.

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