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Welsh, Sally – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2022
This article analyses the narratives and counter-narratives which characterised the struggle between the Chicago Public School Board (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers' Union (CTU) preceding the 2019 Chicago teachers' strike. This was an extraordinary event which has received little scholarly attention. The paper explores the types and uses of the…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Unions, Politics of Education, Strikes
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Cooper, Bruce S.; Sureau, John – Educational Policy, 2008
Union-management relationships have been filled with fear since the rise of capitalism; public education is no different. Workers fear exploitation by owners (profits depend on it) and capitalist/management has always worried that the working classes will organize and either take over the firm or strike and bring production to a screeching halt.…
Descriptors: Working Class, Charter Schools, Federal Legislation, Collective Bargaining