Sentences with phrase «teacher unionism in»

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Wayne Urban, professor of education and an expert on teacher unions, notes that NEA president Robert Chase gave a pivotal address on behalf of new unionism at the National Press Club in 1997, calling for «the transformation of his organization away from the adversarial stance institutionalized in collective bargaining toward one that was more professional.»

In short, serious voices believe that the teacher unions have already committed themselves to new unionism.

Even the teachers unions have been in the grip of neoliberal education policies, although for years I have advocated a social movement unionism — that is dedicated to engage beyond workplace concerns, but also in terms of wider political struggle for social and economic justice, for human rights, and for participatory and direct democracy.

If teachers would like to enjoy similar self - policing, argues Denis Doyle, they will need to jettison the tactics of industrial - style unionism in favor of organizations more like the medieval guilds.

As two teachers» union activists in cities that have the nation's first publicly funded voucher programs, we believe that never in the history of teacher unionism has there been a greater urgency to rethink strategy.

Teachers embraced unionism for a simple reason: they wanted to be involved in shaping the conditions of their employment.

His influence can still be felt most palpably in four areas: teacher unionism; the standards movement; the choice movement; and the adoption of reforms to improve teacher quality.

The Far Left periodical In These Times calls Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association the case «that could decimate American public sector unionism.»

Han also examined the causal effect of weakening unionism in four states in particular — Indiana, Idaho, Tennessee, and Wisconsin — where restricting the collective bargaining of teachers in 2011 provided «a natural experiment» for confirming her national analysis.

Whether he is successful or not, Saunders» quest highlights the unfairness and un-American nature of forced unionism that exists in 27 states and D.C. Interestingly, teacher union leaders are always telling its members how much they have done for them.

When unabashed leftist — a community organizer in teacher's clothes — Alex Caputo - Pearl became president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles least year, he talked about the importance of «social movement unionism.»

«There is a deep factional divide in the Democratic Party over teacher unionism,» said David J. Menefee - Libey, a Pomona (Calif.) College professor who specializes in the politics of education reform.

As the Chicago Teachers Union has shown, social justice unionism is the only way to counter the attacks on public education and working people, which affect all communities but disproportionately affect people living in poverty and communities of color.

The strike which gave birth to modern teacher unionism was in part for the right to grant arbitrary power to white teachers in non-white schools.

Another group, Teachers for a New Unionism, is gathering signatures to require UTLA members to vote on whether they should agree to a new, «teacher - driven» evaluation system in exchange for a district pledge not to lay off teachers for twTeachers for a New Unionism, is gathering signatures to require UTLA members to vote on whether they should agree to a new, «teacher - driven» evaluation system in exchange for a district pledge not to lay off teachers for twteachers for two years.

Meet with new and veteran teachers to discuss these questions and more in this introduction to teacher unionism

Montgomery teachers redefine image of unionism (March 9, 2012) The Washington Post highlighted the Montgomery County Education Association in Maryland, where their collaborative relationship with the district enables fairness and success.

In this study, I answer this question by analyzing instances of «oppositional unionism» within teachers» unions in Brazil, Mexico, and the United StateIn this study, I answer this question by analyzing instances of «oppositional unionism» within teachers» unions in Brazil, Mexico, and the United Statein Brazil, Mexico, and the United States.

The Chicago teachers» strike of 2012 will be looked back on as a turning point in a new kind of teacher unionism, something that rank - and - file union activists have been advocating for years.

He waxes eloquent about «renegade groups» of younger teachers who are rising up to demand a new brand of unionism — one in which the unions disavow seniority provisions, insist on serious teachers evaluations, make it easy to get bad teachers out of the classroom, and otherwise do whatever is best for children and effective schools.

Union dues are highest in states where there is compulsory unionism — sometimes twice as much as compared to states where teachers have the option not to join the union.

CTEN was formed in 2006 to present objective information to teachers on education policy, education leadership, and education reform, professional liability insurance, options of relationships to teachers» unions, and the effect of unionism on teacher pay.

The president of the Milwaukee Teachers» Education Association describes paths and pitfalls in moving beyond bread and butter issues to social justice unionism.

Though teachers unions have existed in the U.S. for a long time, the idea of collective bargaining didn't take off until the second half of the 20th century, as membership in teachers unions grew, and public sector unionism gained strength more broadly.

The fact that both the NEA and AFT have become so fearful of the implications of last month's decision in Vergara v. California ending near - lifetime employment and reverse - seniority layoff rules — including the likelihood that teachers, now realizing that the two unions can no longer hold up bargain they struck with earlier generations in the profession — show how tied they are to this outdated model of unionism.