In this startling expose, Lieberman shows how the teachers' unions raise and spend vast sums to maintain their power over education and to push a narrow political agenda. Even dues-paying teachers will be angered to learn how their unions stifle dissent, sabotage meaningful reform, and hold parents hostage to bureaucracy.
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This cutting polemic against the two largest teacher unions in the United States--the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers--should rile every teacher who pays dues to either of them. Myron Lieberman's detailed exposé of the unions' massive political operations and influence is especially interesting. Lieberman estimates, for instance, that the NEA and AFT employ more full-time political staff than the Democratic and Republican parties combined. The best chapter focuses on the late Albert Shanker, long-time president of the AFT and one of the 20th century's great labor leaders. How Shanker rose to prominence as a tough union boss, stayed in power for more than two decades, and cleverly managed to win the admiration of many antilabor conservatives is a story of frightfully good political skills in action.
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...Encyclopedic yet highly readable examination... of the teacher unions. Must reading for supporters of radical education reform. -- Milton Friedman
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Don't Let The Union Head Catch You Reading This Book!!,
By rkuzmicki@aol.com (Waltham, Ma.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Teachers' Unions : How the NEA and AFT Sabotage Reform and Hold Students, Parents, Teachers, and Taxpayers Hostage to Bureaucracy (Hardcover)
Ever wondered what happens to your union dues? Ever thought about standing up to the union if you disagree with a policy? Are you a reluctant member of a teacher union? Are you a parent tired of hearing about all the horrible thing happening in schools? If so, this is a book you must read. Mr. Lieberman discusses all aspects of the union lifestyle; Their powerful role in politcics, their strongarm tactics in the legislature, and their legalized extortion of members and parents. This is a must read for every teacher and parent. And a wake-up call for every union head across the country.
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public school teacher who agrees!,
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I fought the California Teachers Association in my district and watched as every position they took was against the interests of education and my two kids. I am a teacher in another district. Lieberman is saying what many, many parents rightfully say: the unions are corrupt and immoral. The CTA leadership should be in jail for fraud, lying to parents, lying to its own membership, and single-handedly bringing the state of California to its financial knees. They are crooks.
Roger S. Peterson, Rocklin, California
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This book is a must read for anyone concerned about the state of education in AMerica. Mr Lieberman speaks from years of experience as a teacher and an insider in the teachers unions. I highly recommend it!
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The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT) are the nation's largest teacher unions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
district mail system, enacted bargaining laws, governance caucuses, bargaining law states, agency fee payers, nonaffiliated unions, other public employee unions, personal necessity leave, agency shop fees, noneducational issues, teacher unionization, teacher bargaining, state bargaining laws, union revenues, representational services, single salary schedules, caucus positions, impasse procedures, teacher compensation, incumbent union, endorsement procedures, state teacher unions, school board authority, state education associations, bargaining statutes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York City, Supreme Court, Democratic Party, United States, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Progressive Caucus, Albert Shanker, National Education Association, Jersey City, West Virginia, National Labor Relations Act, House of Representatives, Unity Caucus, American Federation of State, Democratic Parry, First Amendment, Republican Educators Caucus, United Auto Workers, Vice-president Gore, American Federation of Labor, American Federation of Teachers, District of Columbia, Municipal Employees, President Reagan New!
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The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT) are the nation's largest teacher unions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
district mail system, enacted bargaining laws, governance caucuses, bargaining law states, agency fee payers, nonaffiliated unions, other public employee unions, personal necessity leave, agency shop fees, noneducational issues, teacher unionization, teacher bargaining, state bargaining laws, union revenues, representational services, single salary schedules, caucus positions, impasse procedures, teacher compensation, incumbent union, endorsement procedures, state teacher unions, school board authority, state education associations, bargaining statutes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York City, Supreme Court, Democratic Party, United States, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Progressive Caucus, Albert Shanker, National Education Association, Jersey City, West Virginia, National Labor Relations Act, House of Representatives, Unity Caucus, American Federation of State, Democratic Parry, First Amendment, Republican Educators Caucus, United Auto Workers, Vice-president Gore, American Federation of Labor, American Federation of Teachers, District of Columbia, Municipal Employees, President Reagan New!
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- The Agenda for America by Haley Barbour on page 83, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Future of Public Education (Phoenix Books) by Myron Lieberman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Interest Group Politics in the Midwestern States by Ronald J. Hrebenar on page 112, and Back Matter
- The Teacher Rebellion by David Selden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Interest Group Politics in the Northeastern States by Ronald J. Hrebenar on page 112, and Back Matter
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