AFT-Speeches

In this edited copy of this speech, Shanker speaks to the conference about tuition tax credits that are being proposed in the legislature. He maintains the view that tuition tax credits will ruin public education because the “wealthy” who can afford to pull their children out of public schools will, and therefore these credits will cause the demise of public education. Towards the end of the speech he addresses some union issues and the declining influence of the labor movement.

In this speech to the Hawaii Federation of Teachers, Cogen talks about the objectives and goals of the New Action Program; some of which include fair pay for all teachers, being joined with teachers in the area of civil rights and giving teachers and educators in society thier due respect.

In these closing remarks, Cogen speaks to the importance of the teacher's guild program to organized labor and the community at large. He says he is "excited to end the conference on an activist note" and speaks to the importance of organized labor and how it can solve the "serious crisis" in the school systems.

In this speech before the Denver Federation of Teachers, Cogen expresses the importance of Collective Bargaining. He also warns teachers about NEA contracts or working without a contract. He explains that this is not only unfair to teachers but can be fatal to their career.

Selden's review of "Collective Negotiations for Teachers" by Myron Lieberman and Michael H. Moskow