This article will explain how a series of educator strikes in 2022 in Ghana led to increased awareness of and calls for tax justice and debt relief from a growing movement of public sector workers and civil society organisations. We chart how the issues and demands of teacher organisations and other public sector workers shifted and increased over…

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,…

Teachers unions have had a "muscular" presence in some states, but in others, especially in the South and Southwest, the unions have held little power in recent decades, and the growing dominance of conservative Republicans in state legislatures and statehouses was creating a hostile environment with right-to-work (RTW) laws. The…

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…

A school superintendent's typical day during and personal reactions to a 14-day teacher walkout in Hammond, Indiana. (Author)

TEACHER'S STRIKES IN 1966 RESULTED IN 33 STOPPAGES FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL 11 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1967. ONLY 35 SUCH STOPPAGES WERE RECORDED IN THE ENTIRE PRECEDING DECADE. OF THE 1966 STOPPAGES, 21 OCCURRED IN 10 STATES, BUT 12 OCCURRED IN MICHIGAN FOLLOWING ENACTMENT OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT IN 1965. IN CONTRAST TO…

One of the foremost authorities on school negotiations views the first decade of bargaining in education and makes some predictions about the future. Discusses administrative reorganization to cope with bargaining, the role of superintendents, grievance procedures, the role of principals, tenure and due process, discrimination against women…

Between February 1985 and July 1986, Great Britain experienced its most widespread, acrimonious, and traumatic teachers' dispute. The persons involved, the activities, and the agreement that ended the dispute are discussed. (MLF)

The author listed some of the reasons he believed were major factors in leading teachers from Windsor, Ontario, to withdraw their services. (Author/RK)

This article describes specific areas in education which have been problematic over the last 18 years and discusses ways in which the collective bargaining process was able to cope with them. (Author/EB)

This report contains samples of negotiation agreements between school districts and teacher associations in the East Grand Rapids area. The negotiation samples provided are divided into preamble and recognition, board and teacher rights statements, union activities, teaching conditions, procedures, fringe benefits, and financial compensation.…

In London on November 16, 1977, 6000 university teachers marched on Parliament in a mass demonstration against government pay policy. Background to the event (unions involved, procedures of salary determination, and government pay policy) is presented along with an outline of events of the day and the aftermath. (MLW)

This review of the New Jersey Education Association since the 1950s concentrates on actions to improve salaries and gain collective bargaining, strikes, relations with the National Education Association, and the Marburger controversy over educational innovations in the 1960s. (SJL)

SIX RECENT BOOKS ON COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ARE REVIEWED--(1) MYRON LIEBERMAN AND MICHAEL H. MOSKOW, "COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS FOR TEACHERS, AN APPROACH TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION," (2) MICHAEL H. MOSKOW, "TEACHERS AND UNIONS, THE APPLICABILITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION," (3) STANLEY M. ELAM, MYRON LIEBERMAN,…

This report outlines some of the institutional factors likely to affect the demand for teachers in the Ohio labor market, including a brief description of the Ferguson Act which prohibits strikes by public service employees. The author also deals with teacher supply, including a brief assessment of the two major organizations advocating collective…