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Transforming Teacher Unions

Transforming Teacher Unions

Complete Table Of Contents

"Transforming Teacher Unions " is divided into six main sections. Click on the section heading to jump directly to that section below. Click here to view the TTU Table of Contents in pdf format, or, return to the TTU home page.

Overview

Promising Practices

Lessons From History

The Prospects for a United Teachers Union

Organizing for the Future

Resources/Study Guide

Overview

  • Introduction
    By Bob Peterson & Michael Charney
  • Survival & Justice: Rethinking Union Strategy
    By Bob Peterson
  • A Hard Lesson from History
    By Bob Peterson
  • Networking for Union Reform: The Story of TURN
    By Barbara Miner
  • A New Vision of Schooling
    By the Editors of Rethinking Schools

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Promising Practices

  • Raising Professional Standards
    By Tom Mooney
  • Teachers as Leaders in Cincinnati
    By Monica Solomon
  • A Lead Teacher Speaks Out
    By An Interview with Diana Porter
  • Unions Can Create a Sense of Hope
    By Michael Charney
  • Professionalism in Minneapolis: A New View
    By Kris Berggren
  • Minneapolis Contract Excerpt
  • Rochester Teachers Struggle To Take Charge
    By Christine E. Murray
  • Rochester Contract Excerpt
  • Don t Sell Your Members Short
    By Adam Urbanski
  • Confronting Racism in British Columbia
    By Tom McKenna
  • Staffing & Seniority in Seattle
    By Margie Slovan
  • Getting Out the Message
    An Interview with Paulette Copeland
  • Milwaukee Contract Excerpt
  • Resisting Resistance to Change
    An Interview with Mark Simon
  • Montgomery Co. Contract Excerpt
  • When Collective Bargaining is Prohibited
    An Interview with Rukiya Dillahunt

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Lessons From History

  • Why Teachers Should Know History
    An Interview with Howard Zinn
  • Resources for Teaching Union History
  • Chicago Teachers' Federation & Its Legacy
    By Robert Lowe
  • If Not Now, When?: Teacher Unions in NYC
    By Dan Perlstein
  • Facing Tough Decisions
    By Herbert Kohl

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The Prospects for a United Teachers Union

  • What Happened to the NEA/AFT Merger?
    By Ann Bastian
  • Principles of Unity for a United Organization
    By NEA & AFT
  • The New NEA: Reinventing Teacher Unions
    By Bob Chase
  • Whither Public Education?
    By Sandra Feldman

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Organizing for the Future

  • Defending the Public Sector
    An Interview with Bill Fletcher
  • The Strength of the Public Sector
    By Bob Chase
  • The Market is Not the Answer
    An Interview with Jonathan Kozol
  • A Review of "United Mind Workers"
    By Bob Peterson
  • Social Justice Unionism: A Working Draft
    By the National Coalition of Education Activists
  • Question & Answers
    By Bob Peterson

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Resources/Study Guide

  • Resources
    Organizations & Books
  • Questions for Discussion
    By Bob Peterson & Michael Charney

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This file updated June 2, 1999