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Julien, Mark; Stratton, Micheal; Clayton, Russell – Management Teaching Review, 2018
This article features an innovative and engaging assignment to help students learn about labor history events. Labor history is more than just a collection of dates, facts, and figures. Rather, it is the study of the men, women, and children who fought for a workplace that many of today's employees take for granted: paid leave, a 5-day workweek,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Social Media, Labor Relations
Spaull, Andrew – 2000
This book is a study of the Australian Education Union (AEU), a federal organization of government schoolteachers in the states and territories of Australia. Founded in 1984 as the Australian Teachers Union, it became the AEU in 1993. By 1998, the AEU had grown to become the third largest trade union in Australian, with some 157,000 members. This…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Relations, Teacher Associations
Spaull, Andrew; And Others – 1986
This monograph by four authors examines the structure and role of teacher unions in the three Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, and analyzes the rapidly changing shape of teacher unionism at the federal level. After an introduction by Andrew Spaull, Robert White, in chapter 2, examines developments within the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Labor Relations
Manitoba Social Science Teacher, 1994
Devoted to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, this document provides social science teachers with details of the strike as well as general information on teaching about unions, labor, and working-class history. The first article, "The Winnipeg General Strike" (Doug Smith), presents the events during and prior to the Winnipeg General…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Industrialization, Instructional Materials
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Orr, Jeff – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Summarizes the events surrounding the "on-to-Ottawa trek," a Depression-era labor protest that culminated in the Regina Riot. Presents a series of instructional activities built around analyzing primary source documents. Documents include an official notice from the Canadian National Railways and a flyer advertising a union meeting. (MJP)
Descriptors: Communism, Content Analysis, Dissent, Economic Climate
Hayton, Geoff; And Others – 1991
This four-part package is designed to assist Australian workshop leaders running 2-day workshops on skills analysis, skills audit, and training needs analysis. Part A contains information on how to use the package and a list of workshop aims. Parts B, C, and D consist, respectively, of the workshop leader's guide; overhead transparency sheets and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Data Analysis, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries