Teachers at NYC charter high school to join UFT

clipped from www.uft.org AECI educators seek formal coice in school policy and more collaborative work environment Teachers and staff at the NYC Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (AECI) in the Bronx announced on Jan. 13 their intention to join the UFT as a new collective-bargaining unit. Seventeen of 19 teachers and other pedagogical staff at the school have signed union authorization cards. AECI is run by Victory Schools, a for-profit educational management company based in New York City. The New York City Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries (AECI) opened in the fall of 2008, and currently serves approximately 240 students in grades 9 and 10. The school employs 17 teachers, as well as a guidance counselor, a social worker, a director of student culture and a handful of administrators. UFT operates two unionized charter schools, and co-operates a third UFT also represents educators at nine other charter schools