Todd A. Demitchell

Teachers and Their Unions

Labor Relations in Uncertain Times

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The issue of teacher as a union member and teacher as a professional is explored during the turbulent decade after the Great Recession. These concerns are explored within an historical background, and a legal and labor relations analysis of collective bargaining and teacher unions is employed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781475854282
• ISBN-10: 1475854285
• Artikelnr.: 57750450

Autorenporträt

Todd A. DeMitchell, a John & H. Irene Peters Professor of Education, served as a teacher and administrator in the public schools for 18 years. During his 30 years at the University of New Hampshire he has studied, taught, and consulted on school law and labor relations.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface: Labor Unrest, or Unrest with Labor? 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 Section I. Teacher
Unions 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? 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 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 Section II. Transitions: The Impact of Unionization 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) 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 Section III. Law and Politics in
Uncertain Times: Retrenchment and Assault 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 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 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: Vergara v. State of California The
Complaint The Tenure Analysis: Uber Due Process 1. The Tenure Statute 2.
Dismissal Statutes 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! Section IV. Thoughts on an Uncertain Future 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 About the Authors Other Books by Todd
A. DeMitchell Index