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Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

Name: Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008
Brand: University of North Carolina Press
SKU: 9781469678221
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Contributors:

Jesse Chanin

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History, Business & Economics, Education

Book Subcategory:

United States, Labor, History

Book Topic:

State & Local, Unions

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Release Date:

2024-04-16

ISBN 13:

9781469678221

Weight:

1.15 lbs

Size:

9.21 x 6.14 x 0.76 inches

Pages:

336

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From 1965 to 2005, the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) defied the South's conservative anti-union efforts to become the largest local in Louisiana. Jesse Chanin argues that UTNO accomplished and maintained its strength through strong community support, addressing a Black middle-class political agenda, internal democracy, and drawing on the legacy and tactics of the civil rights movement by combining struggles for racial and economic justice, all under Black leadership and with a majority women and Black membership. However, the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina provided the state government and local charter school advocates with the opportunity to remake the school system and dismantle the union. Authorities fired 7,500 educators, marking the largest dismissal of Black teaching staff since Brown v. Board of Education.

Chanin highlights the significant staying power and political, social, and community impact of UTNO, as well as the damaging effects of the charter school movement on educators.

Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

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