Teacher unions, new unionism and shifting cultural metaphors

2008-03-01
Simsek, Hasan
Seashore, Karen
Problem Statement: Since the 1980s, classical industrial unionism has been transforming itself in terms of redefining basic value system and strategies they use. Teacher unions are no exception. This paper draws on a study of a teachers union to initiate school-based change in a single state in the United States. The research was conducted as part of a broader initiative to examine the role of "new unionism" in local and state school reform.
EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

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Citation Formats
H. Simsek and K. Seashore, “Teacher unions, new unionism and shifting cultural metaphors,” EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, pp. 93–113, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64746.