Occupational Activism and the New Labor Activism: Illustrations from the Education Sector and an Agenda for Future Research

Coley, Jonathan S.; Schachle, Jessica L.

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“…Besides training, another avenue for positive change within schools and the teaching profession includes creating school district environments that support occupational activism-i.e., workers' enactment of their jobs in ways that advance social justice (Cornfield et al, 2019). Coley and Schachle (2023) found that among teacher union members in one state, walk out activities sparked further DEI work in their home schools. Here, we propose that occupational activism could redress workplace dynamics through creative ways of consciousness raising among white teachers, from race-conscious white teachers themselves in micro-level interactions with their colleagues.…”

Section: Limitations and Implications For Organizationsmentioning

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How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition

Nelson

Johnson

2023

Work and Occupations

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Research on racialized emotions and racialized organizations has begun to inform how we understand social interactions in the workplace and their implications for racial inequality. However, most research to date focuses on the experiences and coping strategies of racial minority workers, especially when confronted with instances of racial prejudice and discrimination. We extend research on racialized emotions in the workplace by mapping the stages of belonging/unbelonging white workers go through when they encounter instances of racial discomfort or perceived prejudice in the workplace. This is an important contribution to the study of race and work because existing research suggests the deleterious effects for people of color when white people experience negative emotions such as threat, fear, and anxiety in interracial encounters. Drawing on interview data with 56 white teachers in a metropolitan area in the U.S. Southeast, we document a process of racialized belonging. This is a process whereby white workers experienced varying degrees of surprise, confusion, frustration, and fear resulting from interracial—and some intraracial—experiences with coworkers as well as students. We note how the process is informed by racialized imprinting prior to workplace entry and followed by racialized emotions and racialized coping. Racial composition of the workplace also played a role, though the process looked similar across contexts. We argue that by accounting for white workers’ prior life experiences as well as organizations’ involvement in accommodating their emotional expectations, the way white workers behave when race becomes salient to them can be better understood and addressed.

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How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition

Nelson

Johnson

2023

Work and Occupations

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Analyzing Trans and Nonbinary Workers’ Response to Workplace Discrimination

Hutchinson,

Shircliff,

Glass

et al. 2024

Work and Occupations

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Workplace discrimination against trans and nonbinary workers is pervasive and contributes to high rates of unemployment, underemployment, and economic precarity. Scholars have begun to identify the ways cisnormativity is embedded in workplace organizations in ways that contribute to hostile work environments for trans and nonbinary workers. However, relatively little research has explored the strategies trans and nonbinary workers use to navigate such environments. The current study contributes to this growing field by exploring the predictors of worker agency among trans and nonbinary workers. Drawing on data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, this study analyzes the role of social status, including race, gender, and social class, and institutional protections, including union membership and antidiscrimination policies, in shaping trans and nonbinary workers’ responses to discrimination. Our findings suggest that lower status workers are more likely than higher status workers to rely on self-protective measures that pose risks to their health and well-being, while comprehensive antidiscrimination policies enhance the ability of all workers to pursue redressive action. We consider the implications of our findings for workplace policy and practice.

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Public Funding, Private Work Outcomes: Multiple Job Holding among U.S. K–12 Public School Teachers

Fajardo

2024

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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Reporting suggests that declining salaries cause high multiple job holding (MJH) among full-time public school teachers in the United States. Studies investigating this relationship assume an individual teacher, neglecting the effects of family characteristics on work behavior. This article examines K–12 public school teachers’ employment patterns for March and July from 2011 to 2019 to test the associations of state-level teacher salaries and familial roles with MJH. In March and July, a teacher’s familial role correlates with MJH in a pattern consistent with persistent work-family divisions: Male teachers, single or married with children, are the most likely to hold another job, and married female teachers with children are the least. These differences increase during the summer break. State-level salaries correlate with MJH only in July. Single male teachers exhibit greater sensitivity to salary changes. This article demonstrates how family characteristics, occupational schedules, and salaries interact and influence MJH.

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Occupational Activism and the New Labor Activism: Illustrations from the Education Sector and an Agenda for Future Research

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition

How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition

Analyzing Trans and Nonbinary Workers’ Response to Workplace Discrimination

Public Funding, Private Work Outcomes: Multiple Job Holding among U.S. K–12 Public School Teachers

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