A group of pro-charter teachers filed a formal complaint this week with the state's Public Employment Relations Board contending that the teachers union had engaged in
unfair labor practices by failing to
support them and waging a «nonstop hate campaign» against the charter advocates.
At the same time, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is clear in both her
support for Obama and her solidarity as Chicago's teaching force entered the third day of a strike over
unfair labor practices.
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