Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008 - Paperbackby Jesse Chanin (Author) From 1965 to 2005, the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) defied the South's conservative anti union efforts to become the largest local in Louisiana. Jesse Chanin argues that UTNO accomplished and maintained its strength through strong community support, addressing a Black middle class political agenda, internal democracy, and drawing on the legacy and tactics of the civil rights movement by combining struggles for racial