This paper focuses on recent, significant court decisions in public sector collective bargaining under the following categories: the job security clause, the choice of instructional materials as the province of the school board under collective bargaining agreements, the effect of open meetings acts on the board of education in collective…

Three alternative techniques of impasse resolution available to education management--mediation, fact-finding, and arbitration--are discussed in this paper. The basic goal of mediation, the first technique used to settle disputes in bargaining, is to come to an agreement. While mediation has its limitations, it can result in the resolution of…

This paper discusses the special problems and factors to be considered by school board members during contract negotiations with school district administrative personnel. The author first describes the primary bargaining goals of educational administrators and then offers general guidelines to aid school board members in successfully planning and…

In spite of its colorful history of labor organizing efforts, Illinois has been slow to respond to conditions in higher education that have led to academic collective bargaining nationally. The time has arrived for Illinois leadership to recognize the symptoms and to respond to the issues before higher education is swept into retaliatory…

This report presents imaginary dialogues between a management team and an employee team and critiques the dialogues to emphasize the significance of situations and episodes that can hasten or hamper a settlement at the negotiation table. Three critical incidents are studied within each developmental phase of the negotiation process: (1) procedural…

Four research studies that examined the perceptions of school principals regarding the effect of collective bargaining on their work are reviewed and analyzed. Suggestions for additional studies on this topic are made. (EB)

The current bargaining model, by its very structure, nature and operating assumptions, tends to restrict active citizen participation in deciding many educational policy issues. (Author/EB)

Board members should look at the demands from employee groups and make sure that they understand what the actual costs are on a short-term basis and on a long-term basis. (Author/MLF)

Considers the fallacies behind the following common school-board negotiating practices: attaining labor harmony through collective bargaining, never rescinding once-granted benefits, refusing to grant a demand for fear of escalating demands, and gaining teacher gratitude and reduced tensions through board generosity. (JW)

A bibliographic essay on community college trustees. The discussion is divided into four areas: (1) role of the trustee, (2) state boards, (3) trustees and presidents, and (4) trustees and collective bargaining. A bibliography is appended. (DC)

In this paper presented to the National Organization for Legal Problems in Education at their San Francisco Convention in November 1973, the author discusses his theory of the dynamics of collective bargaining and describes an alternative which was successful in at least one instance. (HMD)

School boards by state statutes are alone accountable for the education of their communities' youth. What's needed, the writer contends, is a rectification of the statutes so that all parties to negotiations are accountable. (Editor)

Because strikes don't solve problems in America's public schools, arbitration is offered as the most effective alternate available. The author believes arbitration is a viable means by which teacher's legitimate demands may be protected. (Editor)