This monograph presents an overview of Pennsylvania's law governing collective bargaining for public employees (Act 195) and reviews Pennsylvania's experience under the law since its enactment in 1970. The passage of Act 195 for the first time made it possible for Pennsylvania public employees to bargain collectively and to legally strike when such bargaining fails to produce an agreement. Although Act 195 applies to all public employees except policemen and firemen, the monograph focuses mainly on its application to the public schools. Chapter 1 briefly discusses what the act is and presents statistics on strikes in Pennsylvania public schools since its enactment. Chapter 2 presents an analysis of the act and its strengths and weaknesses. Chapter 3 discusses the implementation of the act and its requirements. Chapter 4 focuses on the scope of bargaining under the act. Chapter 5 describes the state of public employee labor relations in Pennsylvania before passage of the act. The appendix presents the complete text of Act 195 as enacted. (JG)