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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
Download full textBureau of Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1991
In 1988 the Collective Bargaining Forum, a private group of labor and business leaders, adopted a statement of principles recognizing that the institution of collective bargaining is an integral part of economic life in the United States. The purpose of the statement was to facilitate the spread of positive relations between labor and management…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Collective Bargaining, Collegiality, Employer Employee Relationship
Cook, Alice H. – 1989
The numbers of women entering the workforce have steadily risen since the mid 1950s. The nature of the family unit has correspondingly changed; the family in which the man was the husband and breadwinner and the woman was wife and mother devoted full time to home and family is a rarity. The attempt on the part of working family members to…
Descriptors: Community Services, Day Care, Employed Women, Employment
Peer reviewedManlove, Elizabeth E.; Guzell, Jacqueline R. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1997
Job turnover among a sample of child care workers was examined in relation to demographic, work-related, and nonwork-related factors. Findings indicated that the perceived choice of other jobs and job tenure both have an impact on intention to leave, as well as on actual 12-month turnover. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Loeb, Laura E. – 1990
Research confirms anecdotal impressions of the following causes of high turnover among both home health and nursing home aides: low wages; inadequate benefits; excessive workloads; poor training, supervision, and working conditions; and job-related stress. Public policy initiatives can dramatically alleviate or exacerbate the crisis among…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Peer reviewedReese, Lyn – OAH Magazine of History, 1988
Covers women's labor history in the United States and in industrialized nations from the early 1800s to the present. Provides primary source documents from New England workers in the 1830s and 1840s and from women workers on global assembly lines in the 1980s. Includes discussion questions. (LS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Females
Peer reviewedWhitehead, Linda; Russell, Susan – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1997
Two practitioners address problem of employee turnover in child care centers. The first plan argues for comprehensive wage raises, increased benefits, and low cost options to workers that increase flexibility. The second strategy advocates continuing education opportunities, special mentoring programs, and bonuses or raises paid early in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care
