Charter school teachers file unfair labor complaint against network

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-charter-union-20120531,0,578389.story

Vote to unionize academy for at-risk kids met with threat of closure, organizers say



By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune reporter

May 31, 2012

Teachers and staff at a Chicago charter school for troubled youths have filed an unfair labor complaint that claims the network that runs the school announced plans to close it a day after teachers voted to form a union.

The complaint, filed with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, seeks to stop Youth Connection Charter School from closing the Youth Connection Leadership Academy at 3424 S. State St. or laying off teachers.

The teachers are joined in the complaint by the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, the American Federation of Teachers and the AFL-CIO.

"This is union busting, plain and simple," said Brian Harris, president of the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, which the academy faculty had voted to join. "We've never had anything this drastic where they've threatened to fire everyone or close down a school. But, every single school where we've tried to organize, with the exception of one, we've faced some push-back."


FULL story at link.

[leftyohiolib]

1. oh the irony

these "schools" were set up to bust the teachers union. i am glad they are trying to organize though