Written by a negotiator for the Chicago City College Board approximately a year after the signing of the first faculty collective bargaining agreement at the college on May 2, 1967, this paper reviews the climate and key elements of the collective bargaining process. First, an overview is provided of the negotiation process, indicating the agreement was reached only after countless hours of effort, 35 negotiating sessions, and 2 strikes. The contract is then described, indicating that it provided faculty with salary increases, health benefits, reductions in class load, and tax-sheltered annuity provisions. The contract was considered a victory for the teachers' union. Key procedures, pledges, and pre-conditions are then reviewed which could have reduced conflict and shortened the lengthy negotiations, such as agreement on transcribing proceedings, the location of negotiations, the time and frequency of meetings, and the establishment of a "no strike" pledge upon initially entering negotiations. The Board's failure to adequately prepare a specific set of proposals is then described, indicating that it let the union set the terms and language of the proposals under discussion and hindered the Board's ability to evaluate the proposals. The time and money spent during the process, the make-up of the negotiating teams, the role of publicity in the process, and the militant tactics of the union are then discussed. Concluding remarks detail the virtues of the process, including the benefits afforded to teachers and the development of clear-cut college-wide policies and procedures. (AJL)