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Employer Perspectives On ‘Zero Hours’ Contracts In Uk Higher Education, Laurence Hopkins, Helen Fairfoul
Employer Perspectives On ‘Zero Hours’ Contracts In Uk Higher Education, Laurence Hopkins, Helen Fairfoul
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
The use of casual and temporary labour in the UK labour market is not a new phenomenon, but an increase in the use of so-called ‘zero hours contracts’ has drawn considerable attention from pressure groups, the media and all three main political parties over the past 18 months. While official figures indicate that the majority of zero hours contracts are found in the retail, hospitality, and healthcare sectors, the use of these arrangements at higher education establishments has also attracted attention and has become an area of focus for HE trade unions. This paper begins with a review of the …
Australia’S Casual Approach To University Teaching, Robyn May, Glenda Strachan, David Peetz
Australia’S Casual Approach To University Teaching, Robyn May, Glenda Strachan, David Peetz
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Trends In Labor Management Issues At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Derryn Moten
Trends In Labor Management Issues At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Derryn Moten
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
The uniqueness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities make achieving collective bargaining on these campuses problematic. All but a handful of black colleges are located in the south, a region with a well-established aversion to organized labor. The South’s history of plantation slavery coupled with feudal peonage labor and Big Mule politics is antithetical with notions of fair wages, reasonable benefits and work hours, and safe working environments. Something similar can be argued about shared governance on the campuses of HBCUs where labor trends favoring union representation of staff trails the success achieved on many Historically White Colleges and Universities …
Shaping Shared Governance For Success At Hbcus, Carrie M. Gavin
Shaping Shared Governance For Success At Hbcus, Carrie M. Gavin
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Trends In Labor Management Issues At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Elizabeth K. Davenport
Trends In Labor Management Issues At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Elizabeth K. Davenport
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
The mobilization of workers through unionization has deep historical roots within American society; more so in the northern regions thanin the southern region of this country.Despite these historical roots,some sectors of the American population (i.e., minorities in general and AfricanAmericans in particular) who have experienced various forms of discrimination have not fully participatedin the unionization movement. This is especially true of the faculty in historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). As a result of thevarious forms of discriminationthat not only denied them meaningful participation in the labor market but restricted their economic success, and the segregation that resulted from the …
What Is Going On With The Aca? Do Universities Really Care About Your Wellness?, Howard Bunsis
What Is Going On With The Aca? Do Universities Really Care About Your Wellness?, Howard Bunsis
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
This presentation focused on how universities are handling the Affordable Care Act (ACA, colloquially known as Obamacare).