United mind workers
Subtitle: unions and teaching in the knowledge society
By: Charles Taylor Kerchner, Julia E. Koppich, Joseph G. Weeres.
Contributors: Koppich, Julia.; Weeres, Joseph G., 1939-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jossey-Bass education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Teachers' unions -- United States.; Collective bargaining -- Teachers -- United States.; School personnel management -- United States.; Educational change -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: Postindustrial unionism; title: Organizing the other half of teaching; title: From siege mentality to transformational vision; title: The quest for quality; title: Improving the craft of teaching; title: Upgrading educational standards; title: Evaluating the work of peers; title: New union-management agreements; title: Reforming the districtwide contract; title: Establishing school-based compacts; title: Institutionalizing the new union; title: Strengthening the market for teachers; title: Creating new representation roles for unions; title: Reforming the labor law; title: Organizing for the knowledge era.