Bid to unionize Detroit charter school system in limbo

The Detroit News reports:

An effort to unionize a local charter school system remained unresolved Friday with no official results from an election held a day earlier.

The election was held to establish a union of teachers and staff at University Prep Schools.

UPrep Schools consist of seven campuses under the University Preparatory Academy and University Preparatory Science and Math charters. They are managed by Detroit 90/90.

"While there were 19 more no votes from those who did not want the union, Detroit 90/90 challenged the voting rights of Teachers for America teachers and long-term substitutes, claiming the teachers they hired to stand in front of students are not actually professionals," said Nate Walker, K-12 organizer and policy analyst with AFT Michigan.

The move to destroy charter schools.