{"product_id":"strike-for-america-chicago-teachers-against-austerity-paperback","title":"Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMicah Uetricht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2012, Chicago teachers built a grassroots movement through education and engagement of an entire union membership, taking militant action in the face of enormous structural barriers and a hostile Democratic Party leadership. The teachers won massive concessions from the city and have become a new model for school reform led by teachers themselves, rather than by billionaires. \u003ci\u003eStrike for America\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of this movement, and how it has become the defining struggle for the labor movement today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMicah Uetricht \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant editor at \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, and an \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributing editor. He has written for the\u003ci\u003e Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader, \u003c\/i\u003e Al Jazeera America, and \u003ci\u003eDissent. \u003c\/i\u003eA former labor organizer, he lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 7.85 x 5.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760190947616,"sku":"9781781683255","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6717e73f086138835f4805ff0b0e131a.webp?v=1780173991","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/strike-for-america-chicago-teachers-against-austerity-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}