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Empowering Workers to Rebuild America's Economy and Longer-Term Competitiveness: Green Skills Training for Workers. Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session on Examining Empowering Workers to Rebuild America's Economy and Longer-Term Competitiveness, Focusing on Green Skills Training for Workers (April 21, 2009). Senate Hearing 111-813
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US Senate, 2011
Among the topics discussed in this hearing were: what constitutes green energy, how workers can best be provided the skills to thrive in green industries, and the future of America's energy and environmental policies. Statements were presented by: Honorable Patty Murray, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, opening statement; Honorable…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Legislators, Labor, Presidents
Significant Decisions in Labor Cases.
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Monthly Labor Review, 1979
Several significant court decisions involving labor cases are discussed including a series of decisions concerning constitutional protections afforded aliens; the First Amendment and national labor relations laws; and the bifurcated backpay rule. (BM)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Immigrants, Labor
Legal Problems in Administering Agency Shop Agreements--A Union Perspective.
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Darko, Richard J.; Knapp, Janet C. – Journal of Law and Education, 1984
Summarizes problems facing public-sector labor organizations in charging and collecting fair share fees for services rendered to nonmembers. (MD)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Fees, Labor, Unions
Preparing Teachers for the Classroom: The Role of the Higher Education Act and No Child Left Behind. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness. Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session (May 17, 2007). Serial Number 110-39
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US House of Representatives, 2007
This hearing includes testimony on how the Higher Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act are currently working and what steps can be taken to better coordinate these programs to move closer to the goal of a highly qualified teacher in every classroom. Statements and testimony are included from: Honorable Jason Altmire, Congressional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Lifelong Learning
The Income and Jobs Action Act of 1985. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1398. (Chicago, IL, September 4, 1985).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
The proceedings of a House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities hearing, held in Chicago, are provided in this document. Testimony is presented on a proposed bill, H.R. 1938 (the Income and Jobs Action Act), which aims at reducing unemployment by fully implementing the Employment Act of 1946 and the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economics, Employment Opportunities, Federal Legislation
Providing Quality Postsecondary Education: Access and Accountability. Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session (April 28, 2005) S. Hrg. 109-126
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US Senate, 2005
The Committee convened a hearing to examine access and accountability relating to providing quality postsecondary education, focusing on the federal government's role in making postsecondary education financially available for Americans. Statements were presented by: Michael B. Enzi, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions;…
Descriptors: Presidents, Corporations, Postsecondary Education, Legislators
Women in Development: Looking to the Future. Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations. United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1984
In this Congressional hearing witnesses explored the roles of government, private agencies, the media, public education, business, and labor in contributing to the further enhancement of the role of women in the economic development of the Third World. Government witnesses were M. Peter McPherson, Agency for International Development and Nancy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
Standards for Evaluation of Instructional Materials with Respect to Social Content.
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California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Curriculum Framework and Instructional Materials Unit. – 1982
The purpose of this document is to provide reasonable, systematic standards for evaluation of instructional materials upon which evaluators may base their judgments, so that the results of the evaluation process will be as nearly consistent and therefore, as equitable, as possible. The guidelines are based on the social content requirements of the…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Altruism, Disabilities, Ecology