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Futrell, Mary Hatwood – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
The president of the National Education Association (NEA) responds to Chester Finn's article (EA 518 431, this issue) by pointing out patterns of inaccuracy and misrepresentation in Finn's criticisms of the NEA. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Master Teachers, Politics
Spaull, Andrew – 2000
This book is a study of the Australian Education Union (AEU), a federal organization of government schoolteachers in the states and territories of Australia. Founded in 1984 as the Australian Teachers Union, it became the AEU in 1993. By 1998, the AEU had grown to become the third largest trade union in Australian, with some 157,000 members. This…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Relations, Teacher Associations
Peer reviewedFarnham, David – Higher Education Review, 1991
With the proposed dissolution of the binary system of higher education in the United Kingdom, the central issue facing faculty unions with diverse memberships and interests is how their future relationships will be structured. Greater cooperation is seen as necessary for protection of the higher education teaching profession. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Faculty, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Reviews the history of the two teachers' unions, presenting the differences and rivalry between the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Details their differing responses to the current "excellence" movement. (MD)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Muravchik, Joshua – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1989
Wiktor Kulerski, Deputy Minister of Poland's Ministry of Education, and Andrzej Janowski, a Vice-Minister of Education, members of the Solidarity union's teachers branch, discuss their involvement with the union that forced democratic reforms in Poland's Communist government and ensuing changes in the Polish social studies curriculum. (FMW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Bushweller, Kevin – American School Board Journal, 1998
Pessimists say the proposed merger of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) will create a union that will be more combative with superintendents and school boards. Optimists envision a more focused union positioned to work together with boards and administrators on school reform. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Shenfield, Arthur – Government Union Review, 1986
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)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Associations
Pennington, David – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1991
Australian higher education institutions must recognize the areas in which responsibility for decision making rests with collegiality and where it rests with faculty unions. Both have valid roles within the university community, but they should not overlap. Salary decisions should also be decentralized to preserve institutional autonomy and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Administration, College Faculty, Collegiality
Direct linkAnnunziato, Frank R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1995
The extent to which collective bargaining, as a model for conflict resolution, has permeated higher education is examined, and extracts from collective bargaining agreements are analyzed to illustrate the unique nature of collective bargaining for this purpose. It is concluded that when a mutually respectful relationship exists between faculty…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty, Conflict Resolution
Pheasant, Marilyn – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
A bargaining process, begun over 10 years ago, is based on problem-solving rather than on adversarial confrontation and uses elements of participative management. It has resulted in outstanding benefits for two school districts. Called "Theory Z bargaining," the process follows a procedure based on each side treating the other with…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Kohler, Lewis T.; Hill, Frederick W. – American School and University, 1979
Part 2 of a two-part article defines specific actions that the school district negotiating team should take. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Negotiation Agreements
Peer reviewedHiraoka, Leslie S. – Education, 1984
The main components of Japan's educational system are the Ministry of Education, an active teachers' union, and a national college-entrance examination underwritten by education-conscious parents. These components create stability and efficiency in Japan's schools, which play a key role in today's high-tech age just as they did in postwar…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Kramer, Billie Willits – 1980
Information is provided on the faculty collective bargaining agents representing two- and four-year colleges. Introductory material highlights changes in bargaining arrangements taking place in 1978 and 1979, focusing on changes in agents, the practice of voluntary recognition, state legislative actions, and a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Colleges, Contracts, Faculty Organizations
Lieberman, Myron – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Critiques Chester Finn's analysis (EA 518 431, this issue) of teachers unions, outlining the ambiguities in Finn's theories. (MD)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Spaull, Andrew; And Others – 1986
This monograph by four authors examines the structure and role of teacher unions in the three Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, and analyzes the rapidly changing shape of teacher unionism at the federal level. After an introduction by Andrew Spaull, Robert White, in chapter 2, examines developments within the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Labor Relations
