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Casey, Leo – Harvard Education Press, 2020
In "The Teacher Insurgency," Leo Casey addresses how the unexpected wave of recent teacher strikes has had a dramatic impact on American public education, teacher unions, and the larger labor movement. Casey explains how this uprising was not only born out of opposition to government policies that underfunded public schools and…
Descriptors: Activism, Teacher Strikes, Unions, Labor Relations
Levin, Ben – Harvard Education Press, 2008
Not long ago, public education in Ontario, Canada, was in deep trouble. Student achievement was stagnating, labor disruptions were rampant, and public satisfaction with the schools was low. In 2003, a new provincial government initiated a series of reforms that embodied a positive, outcome-focused agenda for public education. Today, student…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Teacher Morale, Public Education
Hutchens, Robert; And Others – 1989
The effects of government transfer programs such as unemployment insurance and welfare assistance on strikes were studied by analyzing state-level data on strike frequency from 1960 through 1974. Effects were estimated by using ordinary least squares regression, supplementing traditional models of strike activity with measures of transfer program…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Labor Demands, Labor Problems, Strikes
Aspinall, Robert W. – 2001
In 1989, the Japan Teachers' Union, Nikkyoso, split into two unions after 2 years of factional infighting. Japan has two political camps, the governing conservative Liberal Democratic Party and the left-wing Japan Socialist Party. The teachers' union is a powerful member in the camp of the latter. This book incorporates studies of the links…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Problems, Politics of Education
Keeline, Thomas J. – 1976
This monograph examines the development of the substantive and procedural law regulating union discipline of members. Chapter 1 presents a brief introduction and describes the organization of the rest of the booklet. Chapter 2 discusses the state courts' intervention into union disciplinary proceedings and then examines the substantive rules that…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Court Role, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation
McDowell, Douglas S.; Huhn, Kenneth C. – 1976
This book is the 12th in a series of monographs that examine various issues and controversial areas involving collective bargaining and the regulation of labor-management disputes. This volume deals with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) policy. In particular, it describes and analyzes various NLRB-ordered remedies and discusses many of the…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Employer Employee Relationship
Mangum, Garth; Snedeker, David – 1974
A resource tool for the manpower planning practitioner, the book provides significant background information on the growth of manpower programs and reasons for placing heavy emphasis on local labor markets. The background material includes a discussion of the role and functioning of labor markets. The major portion of the book is devoted to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Federal Legislation, Labor Force, Labor Force Development
Chickering, A. Lawrence, Ed. – 1976
This collection of 12 papers examines various aspects of public employee collective bargaining and unionization. Public employee unions in the United States have caused growing concern since the mid-1960s when wages in the public sector began to rise more rapidly than those of private employees. Public employee strikes became significant for the…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Employer Employee Relationship, Government Employees, Labor Economics
Thrush, John D. – 1977
This volume is intended to help public administrators and attorneys deal with the legal problems in Pennsylvania public sector labor relations. In it, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board is discussed and public sector labor relations court decisions are cited. The volume is intended to be a reference book and to reveal inconsistencies in…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Books, City Government, Collective Bargaining
Bradwin, Edmund W. – 1972
The book describes working and living conditions among migrant laborers in the northern Canadian work camps, 1903-1914. The early chapters sketch the development of Canada's transportation systems from the mid-19th century as the setting for the development of labor camps, and describe the contract system in railway construction. The heart of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Schwartz, Edward – 1975
The philosophy, strategy, and program of the Institute for the Study of Civic Values are presented in this collection of articles. Intended as a means of disseminating the institute's work and ideas to a general audience, the booklet is presented in four sections. Each section offers a theoretical article, an outline or a summary of an educational…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Development, Democratic Values
Keane, William G. – 1996
This book was designed to help school administrators, board members, and teachers improve effectiveness and cooperation at the bargaining table. It charts the history of collective bargaining and discusses changes now taking place in education that will likely affect negotiations. Following the overview of collective-bargaining history in chapter…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Conflict Resolution
West, Jean M., Ed. – 1996
Child labor in the United States is the focus of this unit of study for grades 5 and up. This unit contains four elements: (1) a list of documents with their specific archival reference numbers and a brief synopsis of their historical significance to the unit's theme; (2) a set of reproductions of documents; (3) 13 separate classroom activities;…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Labor Conditions
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Walsh, John – 1976
This paper is one of a series related to various aspects of a pilot project to establish community-education work councils composed of educators, employers, local union representatives, and representatives of community organizations or of the general public. Following a historical overview of the relationship between industry and education and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Agency Role, Citizens Councils
Braude, Lee – 1975
The relationship between work, society, and the individual is explored in sociological terms, proceeding under the assumption that what people are is in large measure a function of what they do. Six chapters include: (1) An Approach to Work, presenting work from historical and sociological perspectives, a sociological definition, and the social…
Descriptors: Employment, Futures (of Society), Human Development, Human Living
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