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Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force

In this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions to one of the province’s most united and powerful voices for educators.

Today’s teacher is under constant pressure to raise students’ test scores, while the rise of neoliberalism in Canada has systematically stripped our education system of funding and support. But educators have been fighting back with decades of fierce labour action, from a landmark province-wide strike in the 1970s, to record-breaking front-line organizing against the Harris government and the Common Sense Revolution, to present-day picket lines and bargaining tables.

Hanson follows the making of elementary teachers in Ontario as a distinct class of white-collar, public-sector workers who awoke in the last quarter of the twentieth century to the power of their collective strength.

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Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force

In this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions to one of the province’s most united and powerful voices for educators.

Today’s teacher is under constant pressure to raise students’ test scores, while the rise of neoliberalism in Canada has systematically stripped our education system of funding and support. But educators have been fighting back with decades of fierce labour action, from a landmark province-wide strike in the 1970s, to record-breaking front-line organizing against the Harris government and the Common Sense Revolution, to present-day picket lines and bargaining tables.

Hanson follows the making of elementary teachers in Ontario as a distinct class of white-collar, public-sector workers who awoke in the last quarter of the twentieth century to the power of their collective strength.

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Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force

Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force

by Andy Hanson
Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force
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Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force

Class Action: How Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force

by Andy Hanson

Overview

In this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions to one of the province’s most united and powerful voices for educators.

Today’s teacher is under constant pressure to raise students’ test scores, while the rise of neoliberalism in Canada has systematically stripped our education system of funding and support. But educators have been fighting back with decades of fierce labour action, from a landmark province-wide strike in the 1970s, to record-breaking front-line organizing against the Harris government and the Common Sense Revolution, to present-day picket lines and bargaining tables.

Hanson follows the making of elementary teachers in Ontario as a distinct class of white-collar, public-sector workers who awoke in the last quarter of the twentieth century to the power of their collective strength.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781771135696
Publisher: Between the Lines
Publication date: 09/15/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 276
File size: 910 KB

About the Author

Andy Hanson retired from teaching to write labour history. He lives in Toronto with his partner. In the 1997 campaign against Premier Mike Harris, he was a member of the local consolidated committee of five teachers’ unions organizing marches and rallies, co-ordinating picket lines, and communicating with members. After the men’s and women’s elementary teachers amalgamated, he was elected ETFO local vice-president and held that position for twelve years. Hanson received his PhD in Canadian Studies from Trent University in 2013. 

Table of Contents

Acronym Legend ix

Preface xi

Chapter 1 Constructing Public Education 1

Chapter 2 Structuring Collective Action 29

Chapter 3 First Strikes 49

Chapter 4 Denning Priorities 67

Chapter 5 Social Democracy in a Neo-liberal Era 103

Chapter 6 The Social Contract 117

Chapter 7 Mike Harris and the "Common Sense" Counterrevolution 131

Chapter 8 Fighting Back 149

Chapter 9 Finding a Voice 169

Timeline of Key Events 183

Notes 188

Index 238

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