Chicago Teachers Union educators at Acero/UNO vote overwhelmingly to strike.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2018—Chicago Teachers Union educators at Acero/UNO charter schools voted overwhelmingly today to strike. 96% of Acero CTU members turned out to vote, and of those voting, 98% voted to strike. Of the CTU’s 536 members at Acero’s 15 schools, 512 voted—and of those, 503 voted YES on the strike ballot.
Educators at four unionized CICS charter schools will also take a strike vote Friday. Roughly a thousand CTU charter educators are currently negotiating contracts with eleven charter operators.
If CTU members in charters hit the picket lines, it will be the first strike of a charter operator in U.S. history.
Watch your email and the CTU website for news about how you can support fellow union members—and how you can get involved in contract fights at both CTU district and charter schools. Check out the livestream of this evening’s press conference at this link.
When the scandal-plagued UNO charter network rebranded as Acero, it promised better management policies. The charter operator has received hundreds of millions of Continue reading: Chicago Teachers Union educators at Acero/UNO vote overwhelmingly to strike. – Fred Klonsky
