UNO charters unionize

05/02/2013

by Paul Kersey Earlier today the Alliance of Charter School Teachers and Staff, known as ACTS, presented cards that were apparently signed by a strong majority of teachers at United Neighborhood Organization charter schools. An observer appointed by UNO and the union counted the cards and determined that ACTS would henceforth represent UNO teachers. For...

Chicago ACTS responds to Paul Kersey’s email to UNO teachers

03/31/2013

Read our advisory to UNO teachers. From: Chicago ACTS <info@chicagoacts.org> Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:11 PM Subject: Unwelcome Interference To: pkersey@illinoispolicy.org Dear Sir: We are teachers and other education professionals leading the effort to organize a union at UNO charter schools with Chicago ACTS. We are building a union at our schools because...

Open Letter to the Union Organizing Committee at UNO Schools

03/31/2013

Dear Sirs and Madames, Your concerns about my communications with United Neighborhood Organization charter school teachers are duly noted. However, since you are not, as yet, certified as the collective bargaining representative of UNO charter teachers, it is presumptuous of you to speak on their behalf at this time. Therefore, I will continue to contact...

Will teachers at UNO at least get a secret-ballot vote?

03/31/2013

Under the agreement, union organizers would be allowed to make their pitch for unionizing to teachers on school property, and would even be given personal information for teachers.

TAGS: charter schools, Chicago, teacher salaries

Institute in State Journal-Register: State employee contract terms should be public

03/31/2013

As we try to evaluate the deal that Gov. Pat Quinn reached with state employees, we have plenty of reasons to be skeptical about Quinns claim that health care changes in the contract will save the state $900 million

Mead on labor reform: are we heading for a Blue Civil War?

03/31/2013

There is precedent for fratricide between unions and their progressive allies, and the aftermath of a labor-versus-the-left donnybrook could very well create an opportunity for a free market oriented reformer.

TAGS: Chicago, unions

What Margaret Thatcher can teach us about unions

03/31/2013

Politicians on this side of the Atlantic, especially in Illinois, would do well to consider Margaret Thatchers example.

TAGS: labor

Michigan unions looking for ways around Right to Work

03/31/2013

Illinoisans should keep an eye on Michigan, where a new Right-to-Work law has now gone into effect.

Reporter posts footage of CTU school closing rally showing aggressive union behavior

03/31/2013

When Jeremy Segal attempted to approach CTU President Karen Lewis and activist Jesse Jackson to ask about radical groups that were present at the rally, union members and officials blocked the correspondent off and forced him away.

TAGS: EAG, unions

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UNO charters unionize

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