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Milner, Alison – Educational Policy, 2018
Sweden has experienced increasing educational inequity levels within its highly decentralized school system. With a reduced capacity to bargain collectively, the two Swedish teacher trade unions, the Swedish Teachers' Union (Lärarförbundet) and the National Union of Teachers in Sweden (Lärarnas Riksförbund), have sought to extend their role in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unions, Collective Bargaining, Labor Demands
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2013
In October 2012, Premier Christy Clark announced government would consult with the education partners for the purpose of reviewing teacher bargaining structures and processes with the goal of providing a more stable learning environment for British Columbia students. The review looked for opportunities to achieve two priorities: (1) Create…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Public Education, Collective Bargaining
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Howells, John M. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1972
Descriptors: Arbitration, Foreign Countries, Grievance Procedures, Labor Demands
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Hines, Robert J. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1972
Descriptors: Arbitration, Foreign Countries, Grievance Procedures, Hospital Personnel
Bjorheim, Lars – 1974
The development of industrial democracy in Norway is traced by the speaker in introducing an international conference on manpower training and development. As a context for the chain of events to be examined, basic information about Norway is presented: population data, the country's democratic tradition, the history of industrial development, the…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Democracy, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Douty, H.M. – 1972
This 4-part report is one of a series prepared to provide background material for United States businessmen and others employing local workers abroad, trade union and labor specialists, consulting economists, and students. The data used were obtained from personnel in London's Departments of Employment, Health and Social Security, the Commission…
Descriptors: Administration, Employment Practices, Foreign Countries, Human Resources
Dongfang, Han – American Educator, 2002
Presents comments spoken at a human rights conference by Han Dongfang, a Chinese activist who was jailed after an attempt to organize China's first independent union from a tent in Tiananmen Square during the democracy movement. Today, he is barred from the mainland but works from Hong Kong through Radio Free Asia. Comments focus on foreign…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Disobedience, Communism, Foreign Countries
Seddon, Terri, Ed. – 1996
In the late 1980s a new concept entered the educational lexicon in Australia--"award restructuring," or paid training leave for teachers. However, by 1993 the term had disappeared from public view. What began as a new politics of work developed into a complex debate about governance and leadership in Australian education. This book…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Demands, Labor Force Development
Lange, Wilhelm – Sounderienst, 1989
This report presents a history and overview of the collective bargaining process and trade unions in the Federal Republic of Germany. Topics covered include the following: (1) social partners--trade unions and the employers' associations; (2) the history of free collective bargaining; (3) free collective bargaining after World War II; (4) the…
Descriptors: Adults, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship
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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
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1976
The document evaluates present international developments in the area of leave of absence during working hours for educational purposes. Part 1, Educational Leave of Absence: A Comparative Analysis, contains five chapters: (1) Towards a New Right to Education, discussing recurrent education, the world of work, the International Labor Organization,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Finance