This collection of the writings and speeches of Albert Shanker, long-time president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), focuses on his efforts in elevating the profession of teaching. As he contended and demonstrated, building teaching as a profession relied on the development of a strong union of teachers, the AFT. (SLD)

Describes the development of a union list in the San Francisco Bay area. (PF)

With approximately two-thirds of what is already the largest printed bibliography completed, all volumes are now scheduled for publication by the end of 1979. (Author)

An investigation of union-busting in five New York health care institutions showed a pattern of tactics and practices common to all facilities. The union-busting industry is expanding rapidly, and its profit margin is impressive. Labor and management must tackle the reconstructed attitude of anti-unionism before it destroys both their houses. (SR)

What lies at the end of the trail of unionization of government employees is union control of government for its own ends. (Author/IRT)

Examines Internet use in trade union education in Europe as seen through the participation of trade union confederations and worker education organizations in the ETUE-net II (European Trade Union Education Network). Discusses the Internet as a topic of training, for delivering training, and in the mediation of changing relationships between union…

With the 40th anniversary of the merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), unions continue to merge to face the challenges and economic uncertainties of the future. Mergers enable unions to enhance bargaining and organizing power, eliminate duplication, and increase financial resources.…

"The Equity Handbook" is one of the final deliverables of the Equity in Higher Education from a Student Perspective--StudEq--project that the European Students' Union (ESU) has been running for the past two years with the support of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme. The project, which started in November 2007 and…

Online teachers' perceptions of online teaching standards published in 2006 by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and the National Education Association (NEA). Interviews with two teachers from each of the four online schools were studied following an online survey of 49 online teachers from these schools. Overall, participants reported…

Given the strong union support for the Obama presidency, there was great speculation within education circles throughout the fall as to whether the new president would turn out to be a reformer--willing to challenge existing practices and the teachers unions in order to achieve dramatic changes in schools--or play it politically safe by backing…

The article is based on activist research working in an anti-deportation social movement, and on sixteen interviews with both experienced and less experienced activists between 2009 and 2011. The anti deportation social movement made up of a range of organisations, is identified as a left social movement situated in an historic producer…

THE TRADES GUILD OF LEARNING WAS FOUNDED IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1873 BY THE REVEREND HENRY SOLLY TO PROMOTE THE VOCATIONAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION OF ARTISANS. NOT A TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION, IT INVOLVED SKILLED WORKERS OUTSIDE THE UNIONS AS WELL AS TRADE UNIONISTS. A SERIOUS CONFLICT BETWEEN SOLLY'S PATERNALISTIC PHILANTHROPY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF…

This survey of labor leader attitudes reveals support for career education programs and for school-labor cooperation. (DS)