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The American Federation of Teachers’ New York City affiliate and Green Dot Public Schools today announced a three-year contract agreement for teachers at Green Dot New York Charter School in the Bronx, an agreement that AFT President Randi Weingarten said proves that unionized charter schools can be collaborative, innovative, and good for students and teachers.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Obama administration pushes for more charter schools, a teachers' union is pushing for a bigger role in them.
On Tuesday in New York, the United Federation of Teachers expects to formalize a contract with teachers at Green Dot New York Charter School in the Bronx, a high school run by Green Dot, a nonprofit group that operates charter schools. Ten other New York charter schools are unionized.
A record-setting torrential rainfall, hail, flooded roads and power outages couldn’t keep members of the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS) and their supporters from getting together June 19 to celebrate their historic victory in organizing a union at three campuses of a Chicago public charter school.
