TY - BOOK N2 - The 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. In 2012, Chicago teachers built a grassroots movement through education and engagement of an entire union. -- Provided by publisher. AB - The 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. In 2012, Chicago teachers built a grassroots movement through education and engagement of an entire union. -- Provided by publisher. T1 - Strike for America :Chicago teachers against austerity / DA - 2014. CY - Brooklyn, NY : AU - Uetricht, Micah. CN - LB2844.53.U6 CN - LB2844.53.U6 PB - Verso Books, PP - Brooklyn, NY : PY - 2014. ID - 716529 KW - Teachers' unions KW - Strikes and lockouts KW - Public schools KW - Teaching KW - Educational change KW - Teachers SN - 9781781683255 SN - 1781683255 TI - Strike for America :Chicago teachers against austerity / ER -