Teachers At Detroit's Largest Charter School Form Union

[LuckyTheDog]

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 nation’s largest for-profit educational management companies.

Complete article here: http://michiganacts.org/charter-news/155-teachers-at-detroits-largest-charter-school-form-union

[PETRUS]

1. That's encouraging. Thanks for posting! nt

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Awesome! I hope many others follow suit! n/t

[msanthrope]

3. Good for them. I hope this benefits them and the students. nt

[Starry Messenger]

4. k&r

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. That corporation won't be happy

Good.

[gollygee]

6. Ha!

[aggiesal]

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]

8. I believe that would be illegal

[Starry Messenger]

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.

[SpartanDem]

10. This is a great victory

especially in light of the right to work bs