Throughout Massachusetts, independently run charter schools have operated without unionized teachers, an intentional move that operators say gives them the flexibility to hire or dismiss teachers of their choosing and allows them to make other changes quickly without negotiating.
But that will likely end at two Boston charter schools.
Teachers at two City on a Hill charter schools in Roxbury announced Wednesday they have decided to organize and presented petitions to create unions to the administration of their schools after classes. More than 90 percent of the teachers and other staff members at both schools signed the unionizing paperwork.