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Teachers united : the rise of New York State united teachers / Dennis Gaffney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaffney, Dennis, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teachers' unions--New York (State)--New York.
- Teachers' unions.
- Teachers--New York (State)--New York.
- Teachers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The inspiring history of NYSUT, New York State's largest union, and a powerful progressive force in the state and in the country.
- Contents:
- Beginnings
- Radical roots : the rise of the United Federation of Teachers
- Teacher militancy in the 1960s
- Entering the political fray : the Jerabek attack
- Growing up : the merger
- Planting the seeds of unity
- Merger negotiations begin
- The Concord convention : from two enemies, one union
- A national merger?
- Coming apart
- Maturity
- Wielding political power
- Educational reform
- International solidarity.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791479599
- 0791479595
- 9781435616745
- 143561674X
- OCLC:
- 190679454
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