TEACHERS IN BID TO EXPEL UNION

Charter-school teachers to their union: Butt out.

The educators, at two city charter schools, have filed for permission from the state to cut their ties with the United Federation of Teachers.

The action, at KIPP Academy in The Bronx and KIPP Infinity in Manhattan, came after the UFT recently tried to meddle in the schools' business without consulting the staff first.

Earlier this year the teachers union filed a grievance against KIPP Academy's "at-will" employment practice and pushed for collective bargaining at KIPP Infinity without warning.

"None of that was with communication with teachers," said Matt Hureau, 28, who works at KIPP Academy. "It was the union acting and notifying the teachers afterward"...

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