Teacher empowerment in education: a response

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The settlement of the 1989 Los Angeles Unified School District strike included an empowerment program, 'Shared Decision Making and School-Based Management' empowering all players in the educational arena: teachers, administrators, community members, parents and students. The program calls for a district-wide 24-member Central Council with half the membership selected by the district and half by the union. Informational programs about empowerment and strategic planning precede the selection of a model and accountability at all levels is a crucial feature of such a model.

Practice, Teachers, Schools, Los Angeles, California

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Remarks on the future of labor relations in the federal sector

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The Federal Labor Relations Authority came into being in 1978 as part of the Civil Service Reform Act. One of its problems in the early 1990s is the rising number of unfair labor practice claims filed, in 1992 projected to reach 8,400. This may be a result of insufficient efforts to solve problems locally. Among the Authority's current interests are promoting alternative dispute resolution in the federal labor sector and information services in the area of labor-management cooperation.

Civil service, Powers and duties, United States. Federal Labor Relations Authority

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Faculty senates as labor organizations: an investigation of governance structures in higher education

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Faculty senates can be considered labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act, and their dual governance may be used as a model for Employee Involvement Schemes. These schemes are a reform direction for federal labor policy, to facilitate labor-management cooperation. Faculty senates show a way to cooperate since they provide a supervisory role over members while also functioning as collective agents for employee concerns which do not involve contract bargaining.

Interpretation and construction, Labor law, Teachers' unions

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