CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked a state court Monday to force Chicago school teachers back to work and end a weeklong strike he calls illegal.

Emanuel spokeswoman Sarah Hamilton said city attorneys asked the Cook County Circuit Court to force Chicago Teachers Union members off the picket line and back into classrooms.

In a statement Sunday, Emanuel had called the strike illegal because it endangered students' health and safety, and concerned issues — such as evaluations, layoffs and recall rights — that state law says cannot be grounds for a work stoppage.

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