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Silman, Fatos; Güneyli, Ahmet; Vaiz, Osman; Karasel-Ayda, Nedime – SAGE Open, 2021
This study aims to examine the views of primary school teachers from North and South Cyprus on Teachers' Unions. Qualitative research and a comparative case study method were used for the study. Thirty-seven primary school teachers from North and South Cyprus participated in this study. The data were obtained through interviews and analyzed by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Unions
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Rossouw, J. P. – South African Journal of Education, 2012
Developments in South African labour legislation since the inception of the new democracy indicate serious attempts by the legislators to protect the interests of employees. The Bill of Rights has, concurrently, enshrined a variety of fundamental rights that, in principle, offer protection in the workplace. Despite this established, protective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Strikes, Unions, Teacher Rights
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Shenkar, Miriam; Shenkar, Oded – Comparative Education Review, 2011
Teachers often embed their labor demands within a broader context to claim high moral ground and build community support. We analyze a recent teachers' strike in Israel, looking at how the strike played out in a country where the challenges of globalization collided with a socialist legacy in the face of an existential threat. The analysis reveals…
Descriptors: Teacher Strikes, Global Approach, Labor Demands, Foreign Countries
Robinson, Norman; Munton, Patricia D. – 1989
This study investigated the phenomena of strike propensity and strike compliance among teachers in an illegal teachers' strike that occurred in British Columbia, Canada, in 1983. A questionnaire developed for this study was distributed in early 1984 to a random sample of 1,000 teachers from eight school districts; a total of 456 responded. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Problems, Labor Relations
Taskunas, A. P. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1981
The steady state in Australian higher education has encouraged faculty and nonfaculty unionization. In the former case, if the university is truly a self-governing collegium, there is a question as to faculty simultaneously being employees and employers. Active unionism may have negative and positive consequences. (MSE)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Employees, Employer Employee Relationship
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