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- catalog abstract "Everyone wants to reform public education in America. But few realize that the principal obstruction to all reform is a pair of powerful and well-entrenched organizations: the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The NEA and AFT enroll over three million members. Their local, state, and national revenues exceed $1 billion annually, not counting their PACs, foundations, and wholly owned or controlled subsidiaries. In this unprecedented expose, Myron Lieberman shows how they raise and spend vast amounts, how they protect the power and perquisites of more than 6,000 officers and staff, and how they employ more full-time political staff that the Democratic and Republican parties combined. Teachers will be shocked to learn how the unions stifle dissent within their ranks, how union bureaucrats enjoy a standard of living few teachers could hope to achieve, and how union national politicial activities are far removed from most teachers' interests or political preferences.".
- catalog contributor b10361014.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Everyone wants to reform public education in America. But few realize that the principal obstruction to all reform is a pair of powerful and well-entrenched organizations: the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Why this book? -- The takeoff -- NEA/AFT objectives -- Bargaining with NEA/AFT -- Union political operations -- State teacher unions -- The war against competition and contracting out -- Education's gravy train -- Paying the bills: NEA/AFT revenues -- Free economic riders or forced political passengers? -- AFT President Albert Shanker: Visionary or union apologist? -- Takeoff promise, landing realities -- NEA/AFT mergers: teachers in the AFL-CIO -- What is being done?".
- catalog description "The NEA and AFT enroll over three million members. Their local, state, and national revenues exceed $1 billion annually, not counting their PACs, foundations, and wholly owned or controlled subsidiaries. In this unprecedented expose, Myron Lieberman shows how they raise and spend vast amounts, how they protect the power and perquisites of more than 6,000 officers and staff, and how they employ more full-time political staff that the Democratic and Republican parties combined. Teachers will be shocked to learn how the unions stifle dissent within their ranks, how union bureaucrats enjoy a standard of living few teachers could hope to achieve, and how union national politicial activities are far removed from most teachers' interests or political preferences.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 305 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Teacher unions.".
- catalog identifier "0684842823".
- catalog isFormatOf "Teacher unions.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Teacher unions.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "331.88/113711/0973 21".
- catalog subject "American Federation of Teachers.".
- catalog subject "Collective bargaining Teachers United States.".
- catalog subject "LB2844.53.U6 L56 1997".
- catalog subject "National Education Association of the United States.".
- catalog subject "Teachers' unions United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Why this book? -- The takeoff -- NEA/AFT objectives -- Bargaining with NEA/AFT -- Union political operations -- State teacher unions -- The war against competition and contracting out -- Education's gravy train -- Paying the bills: NEA/AFT revenues -- Free economic riders or forced political passengers? -- AFT President Albert Shanker: Visionary or union apologist? -- Takeoff promise, landing realities -- NEA/AFT mergers: teachers in the AFL-CIO -- What is being done?".
- catalog title "The teacher unions : how the NEA and AFT sabotage reform and hold students, parents, teachers, and taxpayers hostage to bureauacracy / Myron Lieberman.".
- catalog type "text".