Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity - Paperback

$19.95

Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity - Paperback

Name: Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity - Paperback
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SKU: 9781781683255
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by Micah Uetricht

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Book Overview

The Chicago Teachers Union strike was the most important domestic labor struggle so far this century--and perhaps for the last forty years--and the strongest challenge to the conservative agenda for restructuring education, which advocates for more charter schools and tying teacher salaries to standardized testing, among other changes.

In 2012, Chicago teachers built a grassroots movement through education and engagement of an entire union membership, taking militant action in the face of enormous structural barriers and a hostile Democratic Party leadership. The teachers won massive concessions from the city and have become a new model for school reform led by teachers themselves, rather than by billionaires. Strike for America is the story of this movement, and how it has become the defining struggle for the labor movement today.

ISBN	9781781683255
Author	Micah Uetricht
Publisher	Verso
Genre	News & politics and Education
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2014
Language	ENG- English
Pages	144
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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