Teachers and Their Unions

Labor Relations in Uncertain Times

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvTodd A. DeMitchell,Todd A. Demitchell

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Teachers and Their Unions: Labor Relations in Uncertain Times explores the decade of uncertainty in public education following the Great Recession by first laying a foundation that describes the development of teachers and public education and the rise of teacher unions. The selection of the industrial labor model at the outset of public sector collective bargaining set the table for challenges to its fit with education. The theme of teacher as member of a union and teacher as a professional is explored within the context of a collective bargaining environment. The section “Law and Politics in Uncertain Times: Retrenchment and Assault” explores the decade of uncertainty. It reviews the industrial union model and within the twin challenges of the conundrum of teacher as union member and professional in the struggles of the decade. Tenure (boondoggle or necessary protection), VAM (rank and yank), right-to-work, agency fees, and teacher strikes are explored within the themes of the industrial union model and the tension of union member and professional. The book concludes with thoughts for the future and responds to the question of whether teacher unions are still pertinent.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-01-15
Mått154 x 223 x 16 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor222
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475854282

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Table of ContentsPreface: Labor Unrest, or Unrest with Labor?Chapter 1. Introduction: 2010 to the Present, Teachers and Their UnionsThe Legislative ResponseThe Judicial ResponseTenureAgency Fees: Subsidized Compelled SpeechGetting Rid of Rotten Apples?The BookSection I. Teacher UnionsChapter 2. Teachers, Their Work, and Their UnionFrom Colonies to a Republic: A Glimpse at Early American EducationThe Common School Movement: Setting the Table for BargainingEducation: A People Intensive EnterpriseLabor Relations in EducationWhat Do Unions Do?Chapter 3. The Rise of Teacher Unions: The Influence of the LawA Legal Framework for Teacher UnionsNational Labor Relations ActThe NLRB and Charter Schools (Jacob A. Bennett, Graduate Assistant and doctoral candidate in Leadership & Policy Studies, University of New Hampshire)History of Teachers UnionsThe AFTThe NEACollective Bargaining in the Public SchoolsPublic Sector Labor LawsEnforcing the Law: State Public Sector Labor Boards Chapter 4. The Industrial Union LegacyLabor, Not Craft, Art, or Profession: The Organizing ModelFrom the Assembly Line to the ClassroomStrikes and Work-to-RuleThe Ocean Hill-Brownsville StrikeWork to Rule: Just Follow the RulesSection II. Transitions: The Impact of UnionizationChapter 5. Transitions: Formalize, Standardize, and Centralize RelationshipsCollective Bargaining and RelationshipsFormalize RelationshipsStandardize Relationships Centralization for UniformityTransitionsTransition: Union President to Administration (Nathan Fellman, Assistant Principal, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School)Chapter 6. The Union Member and the Professional: A Tangled FitThe Conundrum: The Union MemberThe Conundrum: The Role of the ProfessionThe Fit in Two PartsShort AnswerProtectionAdvocacySupportBlind ProtectionWork of the UnionDivisivenessThe Union LabelBread-and-Butter and/or ProfessionalismSection III. Law and Politics in Uncertain Times: Retrenchment and AssaultChapter 7. Power, Money, and Politics: Responses to Teacher UnionsA Legal Retrenchment Up to 2010Beyond 2010: The Struggle over Unions, Power, and InfluenceWisconsin’s Budget Repair Act: It’s About Money and UnionsRight-to-Work: Starve the Beast or Protect Workers’ Rights?The Janus Decision: Free Speech and Free RidersQuestions RaisedVAMming Teachers: “Rank and Yank”Charter Schools and Teacher Unions: A New Horizon for Unions?#RedforEd: Teacher Protest/Strikes/WalkoutsConcluding CommentsChapter 8.Teacher Tenure: Necessary Protection or Boondoggle for the Incompetent? The Courts and State Legislatures Respond—Joseph J. Onosko, Co-authorHerein Lies Tenure: RIP. Maybe?What is Tenure?Due Process: Procedural and Substantive RightsAttacking Tenure through the Courts: Vergara v. State of CaliforniaThe ComplaintThe Tenure Analysis: Uber Due Process1. The Tenure Statute2. Dismissal Statutes3. Last In, First Out (LIFO)The AppealsLegislative Attacks on Teacher TenureNorth Carolina’s Legislation is Declared UnconstitutionalSuccessful Legislative Attacks on Tenure: Louisiana & Kansas Attacking Tenure: Context and Impact Should Tenure Practices be Modified? Yes!Section IV. Thoughts on an Uncertain FutureChapter 9. Labor Relations in an Uncertain TimeAn Uncertain Time for TeachersLoosening the Grip of the Industrial Labor ModelUs-And-ThemStandardization v. Flexibility The Role of SeniorityRetaining Effective Teachers: Serving the Common GoodThe UnionMoving ForwardAbout the AuthorsOther Books by Todd A. DeMitchellIndex

In Teachers and Their Unions: Labor Relations in Uncertain Times, Todd DeMitchell and his contributing authors have skillfully addressed the tangled maze of issues pertaining to professionalism and unionism in education. Particularly enlightening is the discussion of why the industrial union model of “us versus them” is not appropriate in school settings. This book is a must read for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners interested in the political and legal history, current status, and possible future of teachers’ unions in our nation.