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Direct linkCooper, Bruce S.; Sureau, John – Educational Policy, 2008
Union-management relationships have been filled with fear since the rise of capitalism; public education is no different. Workers fear exploitation by owners (profits depend on it) and capitalist/management has always worried that the working classes will organize and either take over the firm or strike and bring production to a screeching halt.…
Descriptors: Working Class, Charter Schools, Federal Legislation, Collective Bargaining
Peer reviewedCooper, Bruce S. – Administrator's Notebook, 1975
Discusses the unionization movement among middle-level administrators in public schools and describes some of the characteristics of the unions. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Legislation
Cooper, Bruce S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Cooper, Bruce S. – Private School Quarterly, 1980
Examines the trend toward union representation of administrators in public schools and the reasons administrators are turning to unions. Argues that the role of the administrator in a private school is different from that in a public school and that the difference precludes their union membership. Available from Private School Quarterly, Post…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools
Peer reviewedCooper, Bruce S.; Liotta, Marie-Elena – Education and Urban Society, 2001
Urban teachers' unions, as mature institutions, face three dilemmas: ensuring a steady supply of quality teachers while limiting supply to raise demand and salaries; seeking to become a more powerful national voice for teachers; and striving to preserve large, monopolistic public education while being aware of the need to reform, restructure, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Teacher Associations
Fusarelli, Lance D.; Cooper, Bruce S. – School Business Affairs, 1999
Four key reasons underlie the push for teacher union solidarity in 1998: desire to fulfill Al Shanker's dream of a unified mission, to end union competition, to bolster Democratic Party weaknesses, and to stop privatization. The NEA/AFT merger failed because of conflicting organizational cultures and teachers' gradualist, localist, and…
Descriptors: Competition, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Parties
Peer reviewedCooper, Bruce S. – Public Personnel Management, 1977
Discusses recent developments in public sector unionism and argues that collective bargaining for supervisors is workable and politically feasible. Presents results of a national survey of collective bargaining laws and unions among public school administrators and supervisors, and examines the possible direction of future federal legislation.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Federal Legislation, Government Employees
Peer reviewedCooper, Bruce S.; Murrmann, Kent F. – Administrator's Notebook, 1982
Administrator bargaining in the public schools has altered the traditional pro-managerial outlook of many principals. A survey of school administrators in New Jersey revealed that, on issues such as dismissal procedures, grievance rights, and use of outside arbitrators, middle managers diverged from superintendents and took a more pro-labor…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Educational Trends
Download full textCooper, Bruce S. – 1982
Drawing on data about unionism in education as well as in other public and private sectors, this literature review focuses on three areas: the causes of collective bargaining in public education, the reasons for strikes by school employees, and the impact of unions on educational expenses and salaries. The author first discusses the factors…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Cooper, Bruce S.; Nakamura, Robert T. – 1983
This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the process of gaining and implementing public school administrators' right to unionize. The first two chapters consider why school administrators perceive the need for negotiation rights. Chapter I incorporates literature on the changing role, status, and work ethos of educational administration.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Educational Administration
