Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity — How Unions Build Power
What makes collective action possible when the rules appear designed to prevent it?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity by Micah Uetricht as our lens, this investigation explores the transformation of the Chicago Teachers Union and the organizational system behind its 2012 strike.
Uetricht argues that the CTU's power emerged from a shift away from top-down business unionism toward social movement unionism: a model built around rank-and-file participation, leadership development, community…
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