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MacArthur, Brian – Educ Training, 1970
Descriptors: Activism, Collective Bargaining, Foreign Countries, Student Organizations
Peer reviewedUnks, Gerald – High School Journal, 1979
Recent actions of British teachers suggest an alternative to the teacher strike. Those teachers dramatically demonstrated their grievances by withholding the voluntary extra services they customarily perform. American teachers could accomplish the same end by collectively refusing to perform extraneous administrative services: collecting money,…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Editorials, Elementary Secondary Education, Noninstructional Responsibility
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
de Zoysa, Richard – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
The British school system is experiencing an unprecedented wave of teacher strikes due to low pay, limited promotion prospects, eroding status, and increased demands on teachers from rising academic standards and parent expectations. High unemployment rates, diminishing public-sector funding, and the British class system are worsening a chaotic…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Burnout, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Problems
