Unions have played a decisive role in promoting democracy and social justice in Tunisia. In 2023, two teacher unions led a yearlong 'silent strike' of withholding student marks from administration. Based on interviews with 60 teachers, this article analyses teacher views on the unions and on ongoing protests. While unions are still considered the…

Teachers unions have had a "muscular" presence in some states, but in others, especially in the South and Southwest, the unions have held little power in recent decades, and the growing dominance of conservative Republicans in state legislatures and statehouses was creating a hostile environment with right-to-work (RTW) laws. The…

This article focuses on a brief examination of the role of the school business office as it pertains to adequate preparation for negotiating the salary and fringe benefit package. (Author)

In London on November 16, 1977, 6000 university teachers marched on Parliament in a mass demonstration against government pay policy. Background to the event (unions involved, procedures of salary determination, and government pay policy) is presented along with an outline of events of the day and the aftermath. (MLW)

A school superintendent's typical day during and personal reactions to a 14-day teacher walkout in Hammond, Indiana. (Author)

Analyzes racial and public policy implications of establishing, within a new desegregated metropolitan school district, a uniform salary schedule for teachers who formerly worked for eleven independent school districts located in the same county. (Author/GC)

A sample of Michigan cities is the basis for an evaluation of the economic benefits of collective bargaining to teachers and the economic impact of bargaining upon the school districts that employ and negotiate with them. The study's conclusions include: (1) Bargaining produced pay increases averaging 10 to 20 percent higher than teachers would…

In Canada, there is an increasing trend toward placing the responsibility of paying the cost of education on the provincial governments. Consequently, it is to be expected that these governments will demand greater participation in educational decision-making. (CK)

Describes the strike teachers in Saint Paul (Minnesota) carried out in 1946 to protest poor working conditions and low salaries. These teachers stayed on the picket line for more than five weeks until they had won better school financing and higher salaries and affirmed the role of collective bargaining for teachers. (SLD)

Using a behavioral theory of bargaining, the authors examined data sets from Illinois and Iowa school districts and from a national sample of teachers. Results suggest that strike use and the availability of arbitration and the right to strike affect teacher salaries, while arbitration use does not. (Author/SK)

TEACHER'S STRIKES IN 1966 RESULTED IN 33 STOPPAGES FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL 11 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1967. ONLY 35 SUCH STOPPAGES WERE RECORDED IN THE ENTIRE PRECEDING DECADE. OF THE 1966 STOPPAGES, 21 OCCURRED IN 10 STATES, BUT 12 OCCURRED IN MICHIGAN FOLLOWING ENACTMENT OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT IN 1965. IN CONTRAST TO…

The life cycle of a faculty member from pre-employment through retirement is examined in these proceedings. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "The Role of Faculty in Obtaining Quality in Higher Education: Facing the New Realities" (Frank Newman); "The American Professoriate: Rewards and Satisfactions" (Eugene Rice);…

A student editor's diary of the faculty strike following negotiations between the Rider chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Rider College administrative bargaining units. Includes a chart of strike issues (compensation, agency shop, faculty evaluation, and department chairman status) summarizing union…

A survey of 34 school districts in Nebraska aimed at discovering how frequently negotiation impasse has occurred, and how impasse has been resolved. (Available from Nebraska State School Boards Association, Executive Building, Room 305, 521 South 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508.) (Author/MLF)

One of the foremost authorities on school negotiations views the first decade of bargaining in education and makes some predictions about the future. Discusses administrative reorganization to cope with bargaining, the role of superintendents, grievance procedures, the role of principals, tenure and due process, discrimination against women…