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Scribner, Campbell F. – American Journal of Education, 2015
This article examines the legal and political significance of teacher unionization in rural and suburban school districts between 1960 and 1975. While most historians focus on the growth of unions in urban areas, strikes in outlying districts played a determinative role in the development of public sector labor law, particularly in the arbitration…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Unions, Rural Schools
Pecora, Albert J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Due to a diminishing level of available funds, school leaders are faced with difficult decisions associated with reducing budget expenditures. The only way to prevent losing more programs and services is to reduce spending. An area which is quickly gaining popularity in reducing expenditures is outsourcing. Many schools have turned to outside…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Outsourcing, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups
Guarneri, Cristina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this cross-sectional, comparison study attempted to investigate if a code of conduct existed in New Jersey teacher union contracts to nursing/hospital union contracts. Archived data of public school district and nursing/hospital union contracts held with the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Committee (NJ PERC) and Health…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Health Personnel, Unions, Teacher Associations
Rosser, Donald – NJEA Review, 1980
In the 1970s, the New Jersey state legislature developed, through its Public Employment Relations Act, an expansive system of public-employment relations on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) model. In the past two years, however, state supreme court decisions have cut the heart out of this system. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Government Employees, Grievance Procedures
Torrence, William D. – Personnel Journal, 1975
The article discusses District and Appeals Court rulings on competitive status seniority involving a New Jersey electric power company, several local unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and several other agencies, among them the EEOC. (BP)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Equal Protection, Federal Courts
Santiago, Gloria Bonilla – Migration World, 1986
Details the history and activities in New Jersey of "El Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolos" (CATA) or Farmworkers' Support Committee. The Committee was founded in 1979 to help Puerto Rican migrant workers who suffer from social and political isolation and are denied basic rights. Successes, goals, and problems are noted. (PS)
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Environment, Labor Demands
New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, Trenton. – 1982
This booklet provides step-by-step advice for New Jersey school administrators on the organization of bargaining units and on negotiation. The section covering organizing reviews briefly the rights of school employee associations to negotiate, the values of collective negotiation, and the specific requirements and procedures involved in…
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education
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Spenla, William A.; And Others – Journal of Law and Education, 1978
Discusses economic and legal issues related to declining public school enrollments and pressures for "reduction in force" (RIF) of teachers. Reviews developments involving RIF cases in New Jersey and Yonkers, New York. Recommends school boards not agree to contracts that limit their ability to lay off personnel for economic reasons. (JG)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Declining Enrollment
Gaswirth, Marc; Whalen, Garry M. – 1983
This comprehensive guide to the procedures and techniques of collective bargaining contains information on all phases of negotiations: the process, the players, preparation, face-to-face bargaining, impasse resolution procedures, and contract administration. It is predicated on the view that school board members and administrators should master…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Whalen, Garry M.; And Others – 1980
This report, one of an annual series, analyzes a number of crucial topics that could affect educational negotiations in New Jersey during the year. The articles cover the scope of negotiations; agency shop negotiations; when to start bargaining; contract clauses dealing with union recognition, teacher transfers, and payment for unused sick leave…
Descriptors: Budgets, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Court Litigation
Taylor, Bruce; And Others – 1976
This booklet is designed to help school board members understand New Jersey's public employee relations law and to serve as a useful guide to the operations of the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. Individual chapters focus in turn on the Public Employment Relations Commission, unfair labor practices, the scope of collective…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
Whalen, Garry M.; And Others – 1981
This report, one of an annual series, analyzes a number of issues critical to educational negotiations in New Jersey in 1982 and reviews important bargaining tactics from the school board's perspective. The articles included deal with the scope of negotiations; the predictable aspects of the bargaining process; basic bargaining errors; the timing…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Contracts
Whalen, Garry M.; And Others – 1979
This report, one of an annual series, analyzes New Jersey school labor negotiations laws and practices as of 1980 from the school board's perspective. This edition of the report is not as comprehensive as earlier issues, since the issuing agency has developed other publications to treat some aspects of negotiation. The topics remaining are new to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Contracts
Simon, Toby R. – 1979
The intention of this manual is to inform school board members of the duties and responsibilities incurred with their election or appointment to a board of education. Specific reference is made to New Jersey; however, the general admonitions are applicable to board members from other states. Information and guidelines deal with the structure of…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Budgeting
Wary, Curt; And Others – 1987
This is the 16th publication in an annual series intended to provide New Jersey board members and administrators who are representing their district in negotiations with the latest information on legal developments affecting negotiations, practical advice on bargaining strategy and tactics, and a handy source of reference for important case law.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining