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Melissa Arnold Lyon; Matthew A. Kraft; Matthew P. Steinberg – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
The U.S. has witnessed a resurgence of labor activism, with teachers at the forefront. We examine how teacher strikes affect compensation, working conditions, and productivity with an original dataset of 772 teacher strikes generating 48 million student days idle between 2007 and 2023. Using an event study framework, we find that, on average,…
Descriptors: Unions, Strikes, Activism, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Stevenson, Howard – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2013
Teachers in England and Wales are involved in the largest campaign of industrial action since the mid-1980s. At the heart of their grievances are government plans to abolish a national framework for teachers' pay and the removal of important safeguards relating to working conditions. Wider questions of workload and pensions are also involved. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Salaries, Teaching Conditions, Retirement Benefits
SCHNAUFER, PETE – 1966
THE USES OF TEACHER POWER IN INFLUENCING THE WORK CONDITIONS, REWARDS, AND ACTIVITIES OF TEACHERS ARE DISCUSSED. THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, AND APPROPRIATE USES OF VARIOUS TACTICS FOR THE EXERCISE OF THIS POWER ARE DESCRIBED. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO SANCTIONS, STRIKES, INJUNCTIONS, AND MASS RESIGNATIONS. PICKETING, SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining