In These Times
06-08-2017, 09:07 PM
In a move sure to worry neoliberal education reformers, unionized charter school teachers in Chicago are voting this week on whether to formally join forces with the most militant teachers’ union in the country.
The proposed merger—which would be a potential first in the country—would see the more than 1,000 member Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (ChiACTS (http://www.chicagoacts.org/)), Local 4343 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), amalgamate into a single union local with the nearly 30,000-member Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), AFT Local 1.
ChiACTS president Chris Baehrend said (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-charter-school-unions-vote-met-20170604-story.html) the potential merger “helps all Chicago teachers fight together on the same issues.”
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20211/will_chicago_become_the_epicenter_of_charter_school_unionization/)
The proposed merger—which would be a potential first in the country—would see the more than 1,000 member Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (ChiACTS (http://www.chicagoacts.org/)), Local 4343 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), amalgamate into a single union local with the nearly 30,000-member Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), AFT Local 1.
ChiACTS president Chris Baehrend said (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-charter-school-unions-vote-met-20170604-story.html) the potential merger “helps all Chicago teachers fight together on the same issues.”
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20211/will_chicago_become_the_epicenter_of_charter_school_unionization/)