A Teachers Union Against Itself: Organized Labor and the Crisis at City College of San Francisco

Abstract

How did a community college that had managed to serve and retain most of its student population and remain fiscally sound amid a recession and a budget crisis become the target of condemnation by accrediting authorities? The answer involves a disastrous collision of corporate education reform, administrative arrogance, and timid, undemocratic union leadership.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.