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
MICAH UETRICHT is an Assistant Editor at Jacobin and Contributing Editor at In These Times. He has written for the Nation, Al Jazeera America, Dissent, the American Prospect, the Chicago Reader, and Salon. He is a former labor organizer and lives in Chicago.
Title: Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity (Jacobin)
Author: Uetricht, Micah
ISBN: 9781781683255
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Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Date: 2014-02-24
Number of Pages: 144
Weight: 0.1800 kg
Brilliant political analysis. - The Nation A finely bound pamphlet and a piece of old-fashioned socialist pedagogy, written in a modern, accessible style. - Richard Seymour, teleSUR Indefatigable reporting and elegant writing backed by an erudite command of the relevant history, and by precious on-the-ground experience as an organizer. Uetricht's first book establishes him as the most exciting young labor writer today. - Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America A short, accessible guide to one of the most important and inspiring events of our time. - Brian Jones, member of the Movement of Rank-and-File Educators A wonderfully readable, smart account of the CTU's transformation into a democratic, militant union that with its community partners took on Chicago and the nation's power elite. - Lois Weiner, author of The Future of Our Schools: Teachers Unions and Social Justice An indispensable account of a strike that was badly misconstrued and underreported by the mainstream media. Uetricht not only tells the story lucidly, but explains why the struggle of teachers in Chicago should matter to all of us. - Liza Featherstone, author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart A read to sustain all of us who continue to fight for the next victory for education justice and for those who want a vision to fight for. - Socialist Worker In this pithy and accessible book the author provides a passionate, well-researched and highly engaging account of the 2012 Chicago teachers strike. - Peter Brogan, Labour/Le Travail
