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Honawar, Vaishali – Education Week, 2006
This article describes when teachers in Detroit, Michigan and Gary, Indiana went on strike in September 2006, which have resulted in the closure or relocation of 35 schools to other campuses since the end of the 2004-05 school year. The 2006-07 school year has brought with it a fresh wave of labor unrest, as teachers in districts large and small…
Descriptors: Labor Problems, Unions, Teacher Strikes, Teacher Salaries
Ross, Doris – Journal of Current Social Issues, 1976
Suggests that when the practice of some form of education bargaining is utilized thoughtfully and responsibly by teachers and school boards, a workable balance of priorities is possible. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Labor Problems, Negotiation Agreements, Public Education
Keller, Bess – Education Week, 2004
It was not the longest strike in the history of U.S. teacher labor unrest, but it may be among the most infamous. Teachers in Middletown, N.J. walked out on a Friday in late November 2001, and were back in the classroom just over a week later. In between, 228 members of the Middletown Township Education Association were jailed for their action,…
Descriptors: Labor Problems, Teacher Strikes, Teacher Supply and Demand, Activism