Relationships between school labor relations practitioners' personal and social beliefs and their propensity toward using an interest-based negotiations model in the public schools

Article Abstract:

The theory of reasoned action was used to identify whether personal or social beliefs have a greater impact on management and union representatives' decision to use interest-based arbitration. Personal beliefs affected decisions more than social beliefs. Those who selected interest arbitration placed greater importance on cooperative relationships and on enhancing trust levels with the other party and understanding their needs. As to social beliefs, interest arbitration was selected more often when other classes of people in the social milieu were supportive. These might include union leaders, district administrations and principals.

Analysis, Usage, Human resource management, Labor arbitration, School management and organization, School administration

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Collective negotiations: an historical perspective

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Well-established collective negotiation in the private sector preceded public collective bargaining. Before the passage of the Wagner Labor Act (National Labor Relations Act) in 1935, there was very little collective bargaining by public employees. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 and amendment to it in 1959 known as the Landrum-Griffin Act expanded the jurisdiction of the NLRB and set standards of democratic procedures for unions. Teachers were given the right to organize and negotiate by an executive order in 1962 and a second executive order in 1970 established binding arbitration as means to impasse resolution.

Management, History, Collective bargaining

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Lawyers and collective bargaining in the Canadian public sector

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The emergence of collective bargaining among government attorneys in Canada and the US is relatively recent, as professionals have traditionally been more resistant to union organization than other groups. This started changing with the growing disparity between private and public sector salaries. Trade associations can also sometimes be seen as a precursor to unions. Canada's labor laws are more facilitative, which may account for the larger number of professional unions in that country. Lawyers' ethical concerns may account for the reluctance of those who are unionized to use the weapon of a strike.

Laws, regulations and rules, Labor unions, Labor union recognition, Government attorneys, Professions

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