TY - BOOK T1 - Teachers' Unions and Education Reform in Comparative Contexts Y1 - 2016 A1 - Whorton, Lindsay KW - education KW - education reform KW - Finland KW - performance-related pay KW - teachers KW - teachers’ unions KW - union-management relationship AB -

Teachers’ unions have long been controversial and divisive organizations, but criticism and distrust of them may be at an all-time high. This volume considers the prevailing assumption that unions successfully block change in education because they are primarily motivated to protect members’ interests. It challenges the conceptualization of teacher union motivation and provides a more nuanced account of unions’ interests, power and impact. Through a series of international cases from the United States, Finland and the Canton of Zürich, this volume examines the hot-button issue of performance-related pay reform and compensation. It argues that a better understanding of the union-management relationship may be the key to securing more meaningful change and reform. It will be of use to scholars, policy-makers, union leaders, teachers and citizens who are interested in the possibilities for the union-management relationship, rather than the limitations.

PB - Routledge CY - New York L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Teacher Unions in Public Education: Politics, History, and the Future Y1 - 2015 A1 - Bascia, Nina KW - teacher unions KW - teachers AB -

While much mainstream educational research maintains that teacher unions should be outlawed or their powers greatly reduced, Bascia and her contributors, including many of the leading teacher union researchers working today, challenge this position. Instead, they recognize the important role teacher unions must play in defending public education and in minimizing the damage wrought by ill-thought-out educational policies. By avoiding idealization of these organizations and recognizing their limitations, Teacher Unions in Public Education demonstrates the necessity for union renewal for a successful education system.

PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - London L2 - eng ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Aiming for Giants: Charter School Legislation and the Power of Teacher Unions JF - Education and Urban Society Y1 - 2014 A1 - Jason Giersch KW - charter schools KW - educational policy KW - teacher unions KW - teachers AB -

Historically, strong teacher unions have been successful at gaining benefits and security for their members, but they have been put on the defensive by recent proposals for education reform. Charter schools are one such reform that could threaten unions, but there is wide variety in the content of state charter school laws. Using state-level data from 3 different years, I find that the stronger a state’s teacher union, the more antiunion provisions a state’s charter school law will contain. These results suggest that antiunion sentiment has reached a level high enough to overcome the unions’ ability to influence policy on this issue.

VL - 46 L2 - eng CP - 6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Exploring Novice Teachers’ Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Teacher Unionism JF - Educational Policy Y1 - 2014 A1 - Ben Pogodzinski A1 - Nathan Jones KW - attachment KW - novice teachers KW - socialization KW - teacher unions KW - teachers AB -

The distinct needs and interests of novice teachers are not always reflected in the priorities of teacher unions, which may impact novice teachers’ attachment to teacher unionism. Using survey data from teachers, we examined novice teachers’ involvement in their unions and their desire for union involvement in their work lives compared to their veteran colleagues’. Finally we explored how novices’ union beliefs and involvement varied by characteristics of their organizational context. Our findings suggest that teacher unions need to more fully address the needs and interests of novice teachers as well as the organizational factors that influence their evaluation of unionism.

VL - 28 L2 - eng CP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Recent Developments at the National Labor Relations Board and the Impact on Colleges and Universities JF - Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy Y1 - 2014 A1 - DiGiovanni, Nicholas KW - education KW - National Labor Relations Board KW - NLRB KW - professors KW - teachers L2 - eng UR - http://thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/vol0/iss9/41/ ER -