Albert Shanker is president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers, the belligerent A.F.L.-C.I.O. lo cal that shut down the nation's largest public school system for nearly three weeks last September. Under his leader ship, the union won a significant in crease in pay and power. Two state courts have since ruled that the walk out in theory, a "mass resignation" of the city's teachers violated a state law against public-employee strikes, and that Shanker must spend 15 days in jail.
Last week he announced that he would not appeal his conviction any higher in the courts...
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