Winning Contracts: Chicago’s Unionized Charter Schools
A documentary on the contract successes in the 2016-17 school year for Chicago ACTS Local 4343/AFT, the charter school union. Key moments in the campaigns and subsequent victories for contracts at UNO, ASPIRA, and then Passages, whose teachers authorized strikes with 96%, then 99%, then 100% approval respectively — convincing administrators to settle at the last minute. Is Chicago now the charter unionizing capital of the U.S.? Length - 29:15
Video url: https://youtu.be/6Gc50fApZFo
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