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Albert Shanker (September 14, 1928 - February 1997) was president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the smaller of the two education labor unions in the United States, representing 1. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Early Life
Shanker was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to a Russian-Jewish immigrant family. His father Morris delivered newspapers and his mother Mamie worked in a knitting factory. The experience of watching his mother work 70 hour weeks made Shanker aware of the need for societal changes from an early age. Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...
In 1946, Shanker graduated from Stuyvesant High School where he was the head of the deate team. His academic life continued at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He joined the Congress of Racial Equality. In 1949 he graduated with honors and enrolled in Columbia University. In order to earn money while writing his disseration, Shanker became substitute teacher at PS 179 in East Harlem. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Stuyvesant High School (nicknamed Stuy) is one of 7 of New York Citys specialized math- and science-based public high schools. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
Spanish Harlem, also known as East Harlem or El Barrio, is a neighborhood in northeastern part of the borough of Manhattan, one of the largest predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City. ...
Founding the United Federation of Teachers He began his tenure as a union organizer in 1959 to help organize the Teacher's Guild - NYC's AFT affiliate that was started by John Dewey in 1917. He left his teaching job to organize full time. He felt that a teachers union would be more effective if it was united with a common set of goals. The Teacher's Guild would merge with New York City's High School Teacher's Asssociation to form the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in 1960. John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ...
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union that represents most educators in New York City public schools. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1964, Shanker succeded Charles Cogen at UFT president. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...
Perhaps Shanker is best know for organizing workers in Oceanhill-Brownsville. In 1968, Shanker organized Oceanhill-Brownsville's teaching staff in the mostly black neighborhood. Shanker called for a strike after teachers were purged from the school district due to the city's reogranization plan.
Activist Legacy Despite Shanker's organizing efforts, and the fifteen days that he would spend in jail due to his organzation, Shanker was branded a racist by critics. Yet Shanker would persist in building the United Federation of Teachers and would be elected president of the American Federation of Teachers in 1974. He was re-elected every two years until his death. Some believed that he gained too much power and became very severe, even extremist, which led to a reference in Woody Allen's 1973 movie Sleeper about Shanker having allegedly fomented a nuclear war. The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union that represents most educators in New York City public schools. ...
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the smaller of the two education labor unions in the United States, representing 1. ...
Woody Allen Woody Allen, (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935), is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, stand up comic, playwright, short story writer, and musician whose large body of work and cerebral style have made him one of the most widely respected and prolific filmmakers in...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Sleeper has a number of different meanings, usually connected to sleep in varying degrees of literalness: Sleeper is a Woody Allen movie. ...
In 1975 the UFT authorized a five day strike, leading to allegedly saved New York City from bankrupcy after he asked the Teachers' Retirement System to invest $150 million in Municipal Corp.(MAC) bonds. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
Later Years Shanker was a visiting professor at Hunter College and Harvard University during the 1980s. He would continue to work to organize teachers throughout his life, attempting to bridge the AFT with the NEA. Despite his efforts, he never saw this convergence. He died of bladder cancer at the age of 69. Nea is a bogus SI prefix which purportedly represents 1027. ...
See Also The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union that represents most educators in New York City public schools. ...
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the smaller of the two education labor unions in the United States, representing 1. ...
External Links - Al Shanker's Rise to Power
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