(Anti)Racism, Democracy, and Social Justice Unionism Introduction to Part 3 of the Special Series on Transforming Unions, Schools and Society

Abstract

This is the third issue in a special series titled Contemporary Educator Movements: Transforming Unions, Schools, and Society in North America. In this issue, we turn our attention to educator organizing in cities on the east and west coasts of the United States, tracing movements that developed before and alongside the statewide organizing highlighted in the previous issue. In particular, we bring together studies that illuminate the organizing of educators within social justice caucuses: groups of educators organizing to advance justice and democracy in their schools, unions, and communities. The authors and interviewees in this special issue document the complex ways that educators advance racial justice and democracy within and through their organizing.

Keywords:

• Teachers Unions,
• Social Justice Unionism,
• Racial Justice,
• Democracy,
• Social Movements