Teachers United: The Rise of New York State United Teachers

SUNY Press, 2010-12-01. Paperback. Acceptable. SUNY Press [Published date: 2007] First paperback printing, with full number line. In acceptable+ condition. Glossy black and white pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners of covers and Light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Neat underlining and light margin notes in ink throughout. NOT Ex-Library. No remainder marks. A good reading copy. [From back cover] 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.