of the TU not only to Red Scares in the 1940s and 1950s but also to competition with other city teachers associations. In particular, the TG was "accommodating to the government, while the radical Union was confrontational" and "consistently sacrificed its commitment to academic freedom by collaborating with public authorities" to reveal TU ties to the CPUSA. See also Teachers Union United Federation of Teachers American Federation of Teachers Rapp-Coudert Committee References External sources Trade unions in New York (state) Trade unions established in 1935 Trade unions disestablished in 1960 1935 establishments in New York City