Aspira Charter staffers to vote on whether to unionize
Teachers and other staffers at John B. Stetson Charter School in Kensington will be allowed next week to vote on whether they want to be represented by AFT Pennsylvania.
Teachers and other staffers at John B. Stetson Charter School in Kensington will be allowed next week to vote on whether they want to be represented by AFT Pennsylvania.
The National Labor Relations Board late Thursday authorized the election, to be held Thursday at the middle school at 3200 B St.
If the teachers vote to join AFT, Stetson would be the second city charter operated by the nonprofit Aspira Inc. of Pennsylvania recently to vote for union representation. Teachers at Olney Charter High School overwhelmingly voted to join AFT late last month.
In its decision, the labor board's regional director rejected Aspira's argument that the NLRB did not have jurisdiction because the Stetson was created by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission.
The NLRB regional director said that while the SRC granted the charter, Aspira was a government contractor engaged to manage the school.
Aspira officials did not respond to a request for comment.
