Back in July 2002, during a slow news period, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT),
a school employee labor union, issued a widely cited report «showing» that charter schools — autonomous public schools of choice — do not work as well as the traditional district public schools.
The district school system is not controlled by the consumers of education — parents and children — but by politically driven interest groups, especially
the school employee labor unions.
Not exact matches
«The issue with the
employee may be that they're not understanding the importance of what you're telling them,» theorizes Michele Williams, a professor at Cornell's
School of Industrial and
Labor Relations in the department of organizational behavior.
The U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics says we paid
school employees more than $ 2 billion in 2008.
In October 2016, CLEO was re-located to the Rutgers
School of Management and
Labor Relations (SMLR) as part of the
employee ownership research and education center where CLEO is still available and expanding.
The results, which are analyzed by Professors Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse of the Rutgers University
School of Management and
Labor Relations, show that for every person laid off at a company with
employee owners, multiple
employees were laid off at conventionally owned firms.
The Fellowships are part of the national fellowship program on
employee stock ownership of the
School of Management and
Labor Relations (SMLR) at Rutgers University.
Employees provide the
school with
labor in exchange for compensation.
I think the objections are going to come from
schools, who will fight tooth and nail to deny that students who generate revenue from their
labor are «
employees».
In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called for a number of initiatives that don't sit well with the
labor community, including a public
employee salary freeze, a property tax cap and support for charter
schools.»]
In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called for a number of initiatives that don't sit well with the
labor community, including a public
employee salary freeze, a property tax cap and support for charter
schools.
LACKAWANNA, NY (10/15/2008)(readMedia)-- About 100 workers in the Lackawanna City
School District represented by CSEA, the Civil Service
Employees Association, have overwhelmingly ratified a new
labor agreement with the district on October 3, 2008.
Cuomo's take - no - prisoners speech yesterday and policy positions like a freeze on public
employee salaries, a property tax cap and support for lifting the charter
school cap have made certain segments of the
labor community wary of him.
Achieving that portion of the $ 302 million «presumes that Cuomo will be able to knock out State Police, correctional officers and other unionized
employees with three zeros,» said Lee Adler, who teaches public sector collective bargaining and
labor law at Cornell University's ILR
School, referring to the lack of salary increases.
Enforcement had been scheduled to begin Oct. 15, but Secretary of
Labor William Brock delayed it at the request of the Congress, which is considering legislation that would exempt state and local government workers, including
school employees, from the more costly provisions of the act, said Herbert Cohen,...
If you combine the campaign spending of all those entities it does not match the amount spent by the National Education Association, the public - sector
labor union that represents some 2.3 million K — 12 public
school teachers and nearly a million education support workers (bus drivers, custodians, food service
employees), retirees, and college student members.
Texas charters achieved a major victory on March 15th when the National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld a June 2017 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision dismissing a concerted activity claim by a former
employee of Universal Academy on the grounds that the NLRB does not have jurisdiction over Texas public charter
schools under -LSB-...]
District
employees were treated to the fruits of their
labor as one of their own, fifth grade Alcott student Terynn Erby - Walker melted over 9,000 hearts seated in the Panther Arena with her powerful and skillfully delivered back - to -
school speech.
Chicago Public
Schools said it will quit paying the bulk of pension contributions for more than 2,000 nonunion workers, a move that lays groundwork for the district to request similar concessions from the Chicago Teachers Union and other
employees with
labor contracts.
The webinar will address common charter
school human resources questions, such as state leave days, and exempt and nonexempt
employees under the Fair
Labor Standards Act, to name a few.
Karen Vieth, a Sennett Middle
School teacher, described in her blog delivering a speech at the Chicago
Labor Temple in which she drew a connection between the Chicago teacher union contract negotiations and Madison's upcoming discussions over an
employee handbook to replace the current contract.
Webberville Community
Schools labor costs will be calculated based on the hourly wage of the lowest paid
employee capable of retrieving the information necessary to comply with the request.
Coalition Members: Our Community, Our
Schools, Alliance AFT, Coalition for an Accountable System of Education, Dallas AFL - CIO Central
Labor Council, LULAC District III, NEA Dallas, Texas State Teachers Association, North Texas Jobs with Justice, Dallas Friends of Public Education, Texas Organizing Project, Foundation for Community Empowerment, Tejano Democrats, Stop the Takeover, Texas AFT, Mexican American Democrats, Oak Cliff Coalition of the Arts, Association of Hispanic
School Administrators, Zen Holmes Community Outreach Center, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Service
Employees International Union.
A group of charter
school employees expressed support during a morning meeting, and opponents, including the district's
labor partners, criticized the plan later in the day.
COSA also elected three new directors to two - year terms: Lisa M. Freiley is General Counsel / Director of the Property Casualty Insurance for Education (PACE) program at the Oregon
School Boards Association; Tiffany N. Richardson is the General Counsel and Director of Policy and Legal Services at the South Carolina
School Boards Association; and Marc L. Terry is a partner in the
Labor, Employment and
Employee Benefits Group at Mirick O'Connell in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Texas charters achieved a major victory on March 15th when the National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld a June 2017 Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision dismissing a concerted activity claim by a former
employee of Universal Academy on the grounds that the NLRB does not have jurisdiction over Texas public charter
schools under the National
Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
His expertise is
labor, education, and employment law with 40 years of experience representing, «over 100
school administrator associations, in addition to individual
employees,
school superintendents, and other public sector unions, including teacher, police, fire, secretarial, paraprofessional, nurse, and town hall
employee units in collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, termination matters, and unfair
labor practice complaints.
By Dec. 1, all employers must comply with the updated Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which exempts teachers from new compensation rules, but requires
school - or district - level action to ensure other
employees are compensated in compliance with the rule or properly documented as exempt.
«FBI and the Departments of
Labor and Education — were investigating whether some charter
school employees were kicking back part of their salaries to a Muslim movement founded by Gulen known as Hizmet.»
Jerry Negrete of the Chapman Firm outlined procurement procedures for charter
schools related to construction and Adam Courtin from Shulman, Lopez, Hoffer and Adelstein provided content on the Fair
Labor Standards Act, exempt
employees, and the Texas Pay Day Law.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, (1) it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to hire and employ
employees, for an employment agency to classify, or refer for employment any individual, for a
labor organization to classify its membership or to classify or refer for employment any individual, or for an employer,
labor organization, or joint
labor - management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining programs to admit or employ any individual in any such program, on the basis of his religion, sex, or national origin in those certain instances where religion, sex, or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise, and (2) it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for a
school, college, university, or other educational institution or institution of learning to hire and employ
employees of a particular religion if such
school, college, university, or other educational institution or institution of learning is, in whole or in substantial part, owned, supported, controlled, or managed by a particular religion or by a particular religious corporation, association, or society, or if the curriculum of such
school, college, university, or other educational institution or institution of learning is directed toward the propagation of a particular religion.
While attending law
school, Ms. Nicholas worked as a legal intern for the United States Department of
Labor,
Employee Benefit Security Administration as part of a team investigating
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) reporting violations and regulatory offenses.
In the second case, former
employee won a $ 1.2 million retaliation verdict against
school district, but the trial judge denied
employee's fee request of $ 791,750 under
Labor Code section 218.5 (a) against the
school district.
Other areas of mediation that will be addressed include the Community Practitioner — landlord - tenant, neighbor, HOA, peer,
school; the Civil Mediation Practitioner — small claims, limited civil, unlimited civil, unlawful detainer, civil harassment; the Restorative Justice Practitioner — victim - offender, criminal restraining orders, restitution, talking circles, spiritual; the Business Practitioner — construction, employer -
employee,
labor contracts, malpractice, personal injury, insurance, real estate; and the Face of the Practitioner — ethics, dispute resolution styles, practice building