ERIC Number: EJ1454993
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1066-5684
EISSN: EISSN-1547-3457
Union Membership, Retention, and Perceived Safety for PK-12 Trans School Workers of Color
Mario I. Suárez; Harper B. Keenan; Christina Cook; Mollie T. McQuillan; Lee Iskander; Bishop Owis; Daniel Gallardo-Zamora; Christy Glass
Equity & Excellence in Education, v57 n4 p413-431 2024
In this study, we use data from a sample of 296 trans PK-12 school workers in the United States and Canada to consider the impact of union membership on an educator population who may be disproportionately harmed by systemic inequalities. Using intersectionality and trans studies as frameworks with a QuantCrit analytical lens, we examined union membership for trans workers of Color across race/ethnicity, country, gender, and years of experience. We measured retention and emotional and physical safety and found that union membership predicts retention, emotional safety, and physical safety for trans school workers of Color. Our results suggest unionization not only benefits all trans workers, but it buffers the problematic retention and safety concerns for the most vulnerable: trans workers of Color.
Descriptors: Union Members, Safety, Sexual Identity, LGBTQ People, Minority Groups, Foreign Countries, Racial Differences, Individual Differences, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns, Persistence, Labor Turnover, School Personnel, Experience, Intention, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Canada
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