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Carter, Susan L. – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
In this article, I argue that a concentrated focus on everyday informal learning about unions is critical not only to re-thinking union education programs, but to the overall project of union renewal. The article offers, by way of example, an inquiry into the grievance system as a routine (and central) union practice and a key site of informal…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Unions, Labor Education, Learning Theories
McHenry-Sorber, Erin; Campbell, Matthew P. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
While the teacher shortage is a national crisis, the manifestations of the shortage are felt most acutely at the local district level. The diversity of these micro-contexts often leads to disparities in the ways local school systems are served by large-scale initiatives. District leaders provide an important lens for understanding the localized…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Local Issues, Decision Making, Administrator Attitudes
Kerrissey, Jasmine; Schofer, Evan – Social Forces, 2013
This article examines the effect of union membership on civic and political participation in the late 20th century in the United States. We discuss why and how unions seek to mobilize their members and where mobilization is channeled. We argue that union membership affects electoral and collective action outcomes and will be larger for low…
Descriptors: Unions, Voting, Social Capital, Union Members
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2012
Whether they're organizing events, buttonholing legislators, or simply trading ideas and information, a growing number of "parent unions" are attempting to stake out a place in policy debates over education in states and districts, amid a crowded field of actors and advocates. As the term implies, some of these organizations see…
Descriptors: State Legislation, School Choice, Unions, Educational Change
Worthen, Helena H. – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
The representative structure of a union is a maze which, when travelled as a narrative, has drama at every turn. It sets up expectations, pits good against evil, involves many characters with different interests, keeps the clock ticking, and offers opportunities for happy endings (and disappointments) at every level. Union members who are not…
Descriptors: Activism, Change Agents, Union Members, Writing for Publication
Sundin, Louise – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
The original vision of a charter school called for heavy doses of professional teacher contribution throughout all aspects of curriculum and administration. Unfortunately, that is not how charter schools have evolved. Until now. The Minnesota Guild of Public Charter Schools is the first union-sponsored entity created for the sole purpose of…
Descriptors: Unions, Charter Schools, Union Members, Teacher Leadership
Wang, Yuling – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The teacher empowerment process emphasizes professional development and participation (i.e., increasing professional status, skills, knowledge and providing the opportunity to participate in decision-making); however, whether these efforts eventually lead to the realization of teacher power remains a critical concern, especially considering that…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Participative Decision Making, Public School Teachers, National Surveys
DiSalvo, Daniel – Center for State and Local Leadership, 2012
This November, California voters must decide two policy questions of great concern to public-sector unions. One is a tax hike to stave off further cuts to state spending (there are two versions on the ballot with a chance of passing). The other is a "paycheck protection" measure that would ban the practice of unions' deducting money from…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Activism, Unions, Public Sector
Hanson, Cindy L. – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2014
For almost two decades, the Prairie School for Union Women (PSUW) has operated in Saskatchewan, Canada. Its use of feminist popular education, adult learning principles in facilitation, and mentoring and support for activist practices make it unique from other labour schools in many respects. This paper focuses on a community-based participatory…
Descriptors: Feminism, Adult Learning, Action Research, Participatory Research
Daniel, Jamie Owen – Academe, 2011
Like thousands of other people from around the country and around the world, this author was heartened and inspired by the tenacity, immediacy, and creativity of the pushback by Wisconsin's public-sector unions against Governor Scott Walker's efforts to limit their collective bargaining rights. And like many others who made the trek to Madison to…
Descriptors: Democracy, Collective Bargaining, Labor, Unions
Reynolds, Megan M.; Brady, David – Social Forces, 2012
Previous research suggests that higher incomes, safe workplaces, job security and healthcare access all contribute to favorable health. Reflecting the interest of economic and political sociologists in power relations and institutions, union membership has been linked with many such influences on health. Nevertheless, the potential relationship…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Unions, Job Security, Union Members
Western, Bruce; Rosenfeld, Jake – American Sociological Review, 2011
From 1973 to 2007, private sector union membership in the United States declined from 34 to 8 percent for men and from 16 to 6 percent for women. During this period, inequality in hourly wages increased by over 40 percent. We report a decomposition, relating rising inequality to the union wage distribution's shrinking weight. We argue that unions…
Descriptors: Wages, Private Sector, Salary Wage Differentials, Unions
DiSalvo, Daniel – Center for State and Local Leadership, 2012
At first glance, public-sector labor unions are just one of many types of organizations that participate in the political process. However, these unions differ significantly from other interest groups made up of individual citizens or non-labor organizations. Because their members' interests are tied to government policy, these unions are more…
Descriptors: Unions, Public Sector, Fiscal Capacity, Political Attitudes
Berglund, Leif; Andersson, Per – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: Work-place learning takes place in many settings and in different ways, resulting in knowledge and skills of different kinds. The recognition process in the work place is however often implicit and seldom discussed in terms of recognition of prior learning (RPL). The aim of this paper is to give examples of how the knowledge/skills of…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Employees, Prior Learning, Logical Thinking
Chapman, Sidney L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Over the past 3 years, teacher union membership has significantly decreased in the state of Georgia. This decrease in union membership is troubling, as previous research has shown that union membership is positively connected to teacher satisfaction and, in turn, to student success. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to determine why…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Unions, Union Members, Group Membership