a ISBN 1-89355-421-X

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number LB2844.53.U6

b Item number .L57 2000

a Personal name Lieberman Myron

d Dates associated with a name 1919

a Title The teacher unions :

b Remainder of title how they sabotage educational reform and why /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Myron Lieberman.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc San Francisco :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Encounter Books,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2000.

a Extent xiii, 321 p. : ill. ;

c Dimensions 23 cm.

a General note "First published in 1999 [i.e. 1997] by The Free Press"--T.p. verso.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-309) and index.

a Formatted contents note 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 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?

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Teachers' unions

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Collective bargaining