Teachers United , livre ebook

The inspiring history of NYSUT, New York State's largest union, and a powerful progressive force in the state and in the country.The inspiring history of NYSUT, New York State's largest union, and a powerful progressive force in the state and in the country.This book tells the story of the rise of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), New York State's largest union. Using first-hand accounts by rank-and-file teachers as well as leaders, Dennis Gaffney documents how teachers, once underpaid and hopelessly divided, finally organized, lifting themselves from the underclass to the middle class to become a formidable grassroots political force able to defeat and elect U.S. senators. He describes how New York's teachers sparked the modern-day teachers' movement, and what key lessons other labor unions can learn from NYSUT's unity and success. Teachers United also shows how NYSUT has been a leader of educational reform, winning more money for education, creating smaller classes, raising academic standards, and training better teachers.Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Beginnings 1. Radical Roots: The Rise of the United Federation of Teachers2. Teacher Militancy in the 1960s 3. Entering the Political Fray: The Jerabek Attack Part II. Growing Up: The Merger 4. Planting the Seeds of Unity5. Merger Negotiations Begin6. The Concord Convention: From Two Enemies, One Union7. A National Merger?8. Coming Apart Part III. Maturity 9. Wielding Political Power 10. Educational Reform 11. International Solidarity Conclusion Appendix Teacher Groups and Their Acronyms NYSUT Officers, 2006 Former NYSUT Officers NYSUT Board of Directors, 1973–2005 Notes Selected Bibliography Index