From his early work to establish teacher's union to involvement with civil rights issues, Al Shanker has earned reputation as education profession's moral conscience. Under Shanker's leadership, United Federation of Teachers has grown from 2,500 to 110,000 members. American Federation of Teachers has doubled membership to 796,000. Shanker…

Discusses the resolve necessary to keep the schools open during a strike and the detailed planning necessary to carry out that resolve. (Author/IRT)

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…

Presents a wage-withholding proposal for impasse resolution in faculty collective bargaining in a state system. A percentage of each faculty member's salary and a significant contribution from the state treasury are put into an escrow account which goes into the federal treasury if settlement is not reached within 45 days. (JT)

An assessment is provided of the current status of faculty collective bargaining in community colleges. First, relevant terms are defined to explain the counting process used in deriving the findings. Next, several observations are made about possible reasons that community college collective bargaining has received little attention from the…

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…

Paper takes a critical view of the efforts by teacher union activists to gain control over education in America, including requirements for entrance into and remaining in the teaching profession. (Editor)

This document consists of 13 tables that provide information on the 4,702,228 full-time employees of state and local governments who were members of employee organizations in October 1975. Areas of information covered include the extent of employee organization, labor relations policies and written agreements, negotiating units, and work…

Two concerns about collective bargaining are: (1) the impact of collective bargaining on the college student; and (2) the impact of the college student on collective bargaining. (Author/KE)

To be used with college students, this guide contains a reading selection on collective bargaining, discussion questions, and suggestions for class activities. The reading section examines the history of collective bargaining and discusses the philosophy governing labor relations in New York state. Discussion questions follow the reading.…

BASED ON A 71 PERCENT RESPONSE FROM A SELECTED SAMPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS (345 MALE PRINCIPALS, 117 FEMALE PRINCIPALS, 399 MALE TEACHERS, AND 388 FEMALE TEACHERS), A STUDY WAS MADE OF EDUCATORS' ATTITUDES TOWARD THREE COMPONENTS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION--COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION, SANCTIONS, AND STRIKES. LIKERT-TYPE SCALES WERE…

BY THE END OF 1966, OVER 1500 WRITTEN AGREEMENTS HAD BEEN REACHED IN THE UNITED STATES PROVIDING FOR DECISION-MAKING BY TEACHERS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATION. PRIMARY ISSUES INCLUDED THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE LEGISLATION, THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION RIGHTS BY ONE PROFESSIONAL…

The New York newspaper strike of 1978 was the direct result of a series of events that started in 1923 when the pressmen's union established a system that provided a minimum fixed number of pressmen per press unit and legitimized a loose labor pool. From that time, the number of pressmen increased through family-dominated union management that…