A superintendent's personal account of a teacher strike reveals the lessons learned from the conflict and offers suggestions for avoiding similar situations. (WD)

This book serves as a practical guide to be used by public agencies that have entered into collective bargaining with their employees and must therefore face the possibility of employee strikes and acts of militancy. Seven major areas are addressed: distinctions between public sector and private sector strikes; the use of interest arbitration as…

A supplement to an earlier-published volume on bargaining tactics, this document presents specific tactics that can be used in the course of public sector collective bargaining to further management's pre-established negotiating strategies. All the tactics suggested are drawn from the author's personal experience as a public sector labor…

A database on Labor Relations in Education used to prepare several sections of this report is described, and datafiles are listed along with access information and several examples of information that can be obtained from the database. This special report includes exclusive interviews with top officials of the two major teacher unions--the…

This study provides background information and recommendations for administrators pertaining to collective bargaining in the Washington State Community College System. It begins with a brief overview of the history of the laws and statutes relating to negotiations in the community colleges of Washington, followed by an inventory of the contents…

This guide contains practical, field-tested advice concerning the development of a suitable negotiating strategy for management's use in public sector collective bargaining. The author stresses that strategies are long-term plans of action and that this book does not consider bargaining tactics--the individual methods used to achieve the strategic…

Following examples of strike management in Tacoma and West Valley, Washington, advice is offered to school boards for minimizing damage during teachers' strikes. Topics discussed are substitute teachers, teacher contact, public relations, telephone strategies, consultants, picket lines, and maintaining patience and communication with school and…

This book provides school board members with hands-on guidelines for collaborative bargaining with teacher unions. The book combines the practical with the conceptual and policy dimensions of teacher bargaining. Part 1 provides a view of immediate problems in their context--broad policy issues that affect across-the-table bargaining. Eight…

The role of the school board and strategies for collective bargaining are described in this guide. Section 1 describes the development of a board philosophy, including techniques and imperatives for the collective bargaining table. The second section examines the school board role in negotiations, with a focus on its role in labor relations and…

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…

To help school districts develop contingency plans for teacher strikes, this guide provides background material and suggests methods for building a strike plan. Following a listing of contributors and a short introduction, there is a brief history of collective bargaining and teacher strikes. A general discussion on developing, preparing, and…

This document proposes a model for the administrative involvement necessary to the negotiation of effective labor contracts in the schools. A historical analysis of laws, statutes, and significant court cases provides insight into the present scope, complexity, and limitations of collective bargaining in the schools of Washington State. Trends in…

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…

Devoted to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919, this document provides social science teachers with details of the strike as well as general information on teaching about unions, labor, and working-class history. The first article, "The Winnipeg General Strike" (Doug Smith), presents the events during and prior to the Winnipeg General…

This handbook is designed to serve as a guide to help school boards understand collective bargaining and the labor-management relationships in their districts. Chapter 1 describes what school-board members need to know. Chapter 2 discusses some of the political and legal realities that school boards face in the collective-bargaining process.…