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Wilkinson, Derek – Interchange, 1989
Although the deleterious effects of teacher strikes on students have been proclaimed in the new media, scant research exists. This study detects no effects whatever in subsequent university performance of a cohort whose last year of high school was interrupted by a three-month strike. The strike did influence the non-college-bound student dropout…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Sauter, Robert W. – Journal of Law and Education, 1989
Examines Ohio's Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act from a union perspective and argues that the act has advanced the cause of "orderly and constructive relationships" between Ohio's public employers and their employees. (MLF)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Government Employees, Labor Legislation
Smallwood, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how unprecedented joint strikes by unions representing faculty members at public colleges and teachers in public schools shut down education in Hawaii. Discusses the settlement reached and potential repercussions. (EV)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Faculty College Relationship, Public Schools, State Universities
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Social Education, 2004
An astounding construction feat of Chinese Americans was the work done on the western section of the transcontinental railroad. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new line took place in Sacramento in 1863, but up until 1865, less than 50 miles of running track had been laid, and this was over relatively level land. The construction superintendent…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Immigrants, Transportation, Laborers
Hutchens, Robert; And Others – 1989
The effects of government transfer programs such as unemployment insurance and welfare assistance on strikes were studied by analyzing state-level data on strike frequency from 1960 through 1974. Effects were estimated by using ordinary least squares regression, supplementing traditional models of strike activity with measures of transfer program…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Labor Demands, Labor Problems, Strikes
Shreeve, William; And Others – 1987
Seven commonly held myths concerning the effects of teachers' strikes on school districts are explored. Administrators from 124 school districts that experienced teacher strikes during the three-year period 1981-1984 responded to a questionnaire about the seven myths. The myths discussed include: (1) superintendents leave districts as a result of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
Herndon, Terry – 1977
Three persistent misconceptions about collective bargaining for public employees are 1) that public employee organizations are singularly culpable for strikes in the public sector, 2) that strikes necessarily follow collective bargaining and will not occur unless the right to bargain has been granted, and 3) that public employees have less right…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Employees, Labor Legislation
Whiting, Charles – Educ Forum, 1969
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Educational Change, Government Role
Alsworth, Philip L.; Woock, Roger R. – Urban Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Influence, Decentralization, Neighborhood Schools
Cheng, Charles W. – 1981
In the public school governance structure that evolved between 1900 and 1920, schools were removed from the world of politics, authority was concentrated at the top of the hierarchy, and boards of education were reorganized, resulting in less participation by working-class people. Teachers had little power. Teacher political activities after this…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Power, Power Structure
BEISSE, FREDRIC; DUBIN, ROBERT – 1967
THE GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT'S ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND STATUS ARE DESCRIBED AS THEY ARE PERCEIVED BY THE ASSISTANT, HIS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND THE FACULTY WHOM HE ASSISTS. ILLUSTRATIONS ARE DRAWN FROM CASE STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (BERKELEY) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE ASSISTANT IS ASSIGNED THE ROLE OF AN…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Graduate Students
Rausch, Fred W., Jr. – 1968
Recent activities of the National Education Association, state teachers' associations, and various local teachers' associations indicate that states which do not now have them should adopt statutes regarding collective negotiations. This report analyzes the laws of 17 states which do have such statutes. The recent New York act, one of the newest…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Public Schools, State Legislation
Perry, Charles R. – 1968
This volume on impasse resolution in school bargaining is the third in a 4-part study of collective action by public school teachers. It represents an intensive study of 8 school districts chosen from a sample of 80 in which true impasses occurred prior to June 1965. The substance of the 8 case studies, based on data collected from questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Public School Teachers, Questionnaires, Sanctions
Halverson, Jerry F. – 1970
This report describes the teachers' strike in Los Angeles in spring 1970, and analyzes (1) the events leading up to the strike, (2) the negotiations during the strike, and (3) the aftermath of the strike with its resulting lawsuits. The report is written from the board of education viewpoint, and concludes that more legislation must be designed to…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Labor Problems, Legislation
Stollar, Dewey H.; And Others – 1969
The documents in this kit, second in a series on Research for School Board Members, analyzes the continuing rise in teacher militancy, the causes and effects on public education, community relations, methods of teaching and administration. Also discussed is the responsibility of School Boards and their administrators in dealing with the teachers…
Descriptors: Administration, Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining, Community Relations
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