 | A Fight for the Soul of Public Education: The Story of the Chicago Teachers Strike Subjects: Strikes and lockouts -- Teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago; Education and state -- Illinois -- Chicago; Teachers -- Political activity -- Illinois -- Chicago; Using interviews, first-person accounts, participant observation, union documents, and media reports, Steven K. Ashby and Robert Bruno tell the story of the 2012 strike that shut down the Chicago school system for seven days. Steven K. Ashby is a Clinical Full Professor of Labor and Employment Relations in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is coauthor of Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement . Robert Bruno is a Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and Director of the Labor Education Program in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is also Director of the School's Project for Middle Class Renewal. He is the author of Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown , also from Cornell, Justified by Work: Identity and the Meaning of Faith in Chicago's Working-Class Churches , and Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Local 705 Story . |
