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United Mind Workers: Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society
ISBN: 978-0-7879-0829-4
Hardcover
256 pages
May 1997, Jossey-Bass
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Part I: A Post-Industrial Unionism.

1. Organizing the Other Half of Teaching.

2. From Siege Mentality to Transformational Vision.Part II: The Quest for Quality.

3. Improving the Craft of Teaching.

4. Upgrading Educational Standards.

5. Evaluating the Work of Peers.

Part III: New Union-Management Agreements.

6. Reforming the District-Wide Contract.

7. Establishing School-Based Compacts.

Part IV: Tasks for the Future.

8. Strengthening the Market for Teachers.

9. Creating New Representation Roles for Unions.

10. Reforming the Labor Law.

11. Organizing for the Knowledge Era.