Teachers and their unions : labor relations in uncertain times /: labor relations in uncertain times. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Todd A. DeMitchell.
• Authors: DeMitchell, Todd A
• Contents: Table of Contents ; ; <p style="tab-stops:left 74.15pt;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Preface: Labor Unrest, or Unrest with Labor? ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 1. Introduction: 2010 to the Present, Teachers and Their Unions ; ; The Legislative Response ; ; The Judicial Response ; ; Tenure ; ; Agency Fees: Subsidized Compelled Speech ; ; Getting Rid of Rotten Apples? ; ; The Book ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Section I. Teacher Unions ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 2. Teachers, Their Work, and Their Union ; ; From Colonies to a Republic: A Glimpse at Early American Education ; ; The Common School Movement: Setting the Table for Bargaining ; ; Education: A People Intensive Enterprise ; ; Labor Relations in Education ; ; What Do Unions Do? ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 3. The Rise of Teacher Unions: The Influence of the Law ; ; A Legal Framework for Teacher Unions ; ; National Labor Relations Act ; ; The NLRB and Charter Schools (Jacob A. Bennett, Graduate Assistant and doctoral candidate in Leadership & Policy Studies, University of New Hampshire) ; ; History of Teachers Unions ; ; The AFT ; ; The NEA ; ; Collective Bargaining in the Public Schools ; ; Public Sector Labor Laws ; ; Enforcing the Law: State Public Sector Labor Boards ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 4. The Industrial Union Legacy ; ; Labor, Not Craft, Art, or Profession: The Organizing Model ; ; From the Assembly Line to the Classroom ; ; Strikes and Work-to-Rule ; ; The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Strike ; ; Work to Rule: Just Follow the Rules ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Section II. Transitions: The Impact of Unionization ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 5. Transitions: Formalize, Standardize, and Centralize Relationships ; ; Collective Bargaining and Relationships ; ; Formalize Relationships ; ; Standardize Relationships ; ; Centralization for Uniformity ; ; Transitions ; ; Transition: Union President to Administration (Nathan Fellman, Assistant Principal, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School) ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 6. The Union Member and the Professional: A Tangled Fit ; ; The Conundrum: The Union Member ; ; The Conundrum: The Role of the Profession ; ; The Fit in Two Parts ; ; Short Answer ; ; Protection ; ; Advocacy ; ; Support ; ; Blind Protection ; ; Work of the Union ; ; Divisiveness ; ; The Union Label ; ; Bread-and-Butter and/or Professionalism ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Section III. Law and Politics in Uncertain Times: Retrenchment and Assault ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 7. Power, Money, and Politics: Responses to Teacher Unions ; ; A Legal Retrenchment Up to 2010 ; ; Beyond 2010: The Struggle over Unions, Power, and Influence ; ; Wisconsin’s Budget Repair Act: It’s About Money and Unions ; ; Right-to-Work: Starve the Beast or Protect Workers’ Rights? ; ; The <span style="font-style:italic;">Janus Decision: Free Speech and Free Riders ; ; Questions Raised ; ; VAMming Teachers: “Rank and Yank” ; ; Charter Schools and Teacher Unions: A New Horizon for Unions? ; ; #RedforEd: Teacher Protest/Strikes/Walkouts ; ; Concluding Comments ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 8. Teacher Tenure: Necessary Protection or Boondoggle for the Incompetent? The Courts and State Legislatures Respond—Joseph J. Onosko, Co-author ; ; Herein Lies Tenure: RIP. Maybe? ; ; What is Tenure? ; ; Due Process: Procedural and Substantive Rights ; ; Attacking Tenure through the Courts: <span style="font-style:italic;">Vergara v. State of California ; ; The Complaint ; ; The Tenure Analysis: Uber Due Process ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">1. The Tenure Statute ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">2. Dismissal Statutes ; ; <span style="font-style:italic;">3. Last In, First Out (LIFO) ; ; The Appeals ; ; Legislative Attacks on Teacher Tenure ; ; North Carolina’s Legislation is Declared Unconstitutional ; ; Successful Legislative Attacks on Tenure: Louisiana & Kansas ; ; Attacking Tenure: Context and Impact ; ; Should Tenure Practices be Modified? Yes! ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Section IV. Thoughts on an Uncertain Future ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 9. Labor Relations in an Uncertain Time ; ; An Uncertain Time for Teachers ; ; Loosening the Grip of the Industrial Labor Model ; ; Us-And-Them ; ; Standardization v. Flexibility ; ; The Role of Seniority ; ; Retaining Effective Teachers: Serving the Common Good ; ; The Union ; ; Moving Forward ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">About the Authors ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Other Books by Todd A. DeMitchell ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Index
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 331.88113711; Teachers' unions -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475854299
• Related ISBNs: 9781475854275; 9781475854282
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