Iowa's four-year experience with "tri-offer" final offer arbitration in teacher-school board negotiations--in which an arbitrator chooses among the teachers', the board's, and the factfinder's offers--shows that the process encourages voluntary settlements but does not keep the two sides from taking unrealistic bargaining positions. (RW)

Data from 66 Iowa school districts with collective bargaining and 66 without collective bargaining were compared to determine if they differed in teacher salaries, fringe benefits, or provisions for leaves of absence. The time period covered extended from 1975-76 school year, 1 year before collective bargaining started, to 1979-80, the fourth year…

Reports results of a study to determine status of education in Iowa seven years after the onset of collective bargaining. Compares opinions of boards of education, administrators, and teachers regarding job satisfaction, public opinion, working conditions, teacher/superintendent/board relations, board power, salaries, instruction, teacher input,…

The master agreement between the State of Iowa Board of Regents and the UNI-United Faculty for the period July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1991 is presented. Fifteen articles cover the following items: recognition; union rights (use of facilities and services); evaluation procedures (files and access to them, student, professional, department head and…

Twelve collective bargaining agreements between selected community college districts in Iowa and their respective faculty associations are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are provided: Northeast Iowa Technical Institute, Iowa Lakes Community College, Northwest Iowa Technical College, Iowa…