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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeachers At Detroit's Largest Charter School Form Union
DETROIT, MI The teachers, counselors and social workers at Cesar Chavez Academy (CCA), the largest charter school district in Detroit, voted overwhelmingly today to form a union. This vote certified the Michigan Alliance of Charter Teachers & Staff (Michigan ACTS), an affiliate of AFT Michigan, as the official bargaining agent for teachers and staff at the Academy.
Teachers and staff voted for union representation 88-39, a more than 2:1 margin. Cesar Chavez Academy, which is operated by The Leona Group, LLC, is the second largest charter school in Michigan and educates students on four campuses. The Leona Group is one the nations largest for-profit educational management companies.
Teachers and staff voted for union representation 88-39, a more than 2:1 margin. Cesar Chavez Academy, which is operated by The Leona Group, LLC, is the second largest charter school in Michigan and educates students on four campuses. The Leona Group is one the nations largest for-profit educational management companies.
Complete article here: http://michiganacts.org/charter-news/155-teachers-at-detroits-largest-charter-school-form-union
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Teachers At Detroit's Largest Charter School Form Union (Original Post)
LuckyTheDog
Feb 2013
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PETRUS
(3,678 posts)1. That's encouraging. Thanks for posting! nt
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)2. Awesome! I hope many others follow suit! n/t
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)3. Good for them. I hope this benefits them and the students. nt
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)4. k&r
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)5. That corporation won't be happy
Good.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)6. Ha!
aggiesal
(8,916 posts)7. This is great news, but . . .
I thought they wrote into legislation that Charter Schools were
not allowed to form unions.
Maybe that's just in California.
I'd like to find out more about this.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)8. I believe that would be illegal
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)9. Charters in CA can organize into unions. :)
http://www.dailycal.org/2011/10/25/135931/
I think it would be against federal law to outlaw unions outright.
I think it would be against federal law to outlaw unions outright.
SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)10. This is a great victory
especially in light of the right to work bs