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Arcadia Publishing
ISBN
9781948742269
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Belt Publishing
ISBN-10
1948742268
ISBN-13
9781948742269
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038613504

Product Key Features

Book Title
55 Strong : inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike
Number of Pages
130 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, General, Essays
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Education
Author
Jessica Salfia
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
3.5 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-427009
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20220614
Dewey Decimal
331.892/813711009754
Synopsis
What compelled West Virginia's teachers to strike? How did they organize? What were teachers and allies doing during the strike? And how is the West Virginia labor movement celebrating its victory? 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike answers these questions and offers unique, on-the-ground insight into this historic strike. The book includes essays by teachers from around the state, organizing documents, images from the picket lines, and material on the history of the labor movement in West Virginia. Edited by Jessica Salfia, a West Virginia public school teacher, Emily Hilliard, a West Virginia-based folklorist, and Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia., What compelled West Virginia's teachers to strike? How did they organize? What were teachers and allies doing during the strike? And how is the West Virginia labor movement celebrating its victory? 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike answers these questions and offers unique, on-the-ground insight into this historic strike. The book includes essays by teachers from around the state, organizing documents, images from the picket lines, and material on the history of the labor movement in West Virginia. Edited by Jessica Salfia, a West Virginia public school teacher, Emily Hilliard, a West Virginia-based folklorist, and Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia ., A compelling first-hand chronicle of a modern-day triumph of labor organization in West Virginia. On February 22, 2018, nearly 20,000 West Virginia teachers, bus drivers, and service personnel walked out on their jobs in solidarity. After thirteen hard days, the workers, largely women, won higher pay and better benefits. Beyond that, the strike sparked a revolution in education across the United States. What compelled West Virginia's education workers to strike? How did they organize? What were teachers and allies doing during the walk-out? And how was this strike connected to West Virginia's long history of labor organization and unions? 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike answers these questions and offers unique, on-the-ground insights into this historic labor stoppage. The book includes essays by teachers from around the state, images from the picket lines, organizing documents, and material on the history of the labor movement in West Virginia. Edited by Jessica Salfia, a West Virginia public school teacher, Emily Hilliard, a West Virginia-based folklorist, and Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia and Pure America . A necessary and urgent rallying cry for anyone interested in the future of organized labor in America.
LC Classification Number
LB2844.47.U62W46

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