This study provides background information and recommendations for administrators pertaining to collective bargaining in the Washington State Community College System. It begins with a brief overview of the history of the laws and statutes relating to negotiations in the community colleges of Washington, followed by an inventory of the contents…

A description of unionization among college faculty from January 1 through December 31, 1987 focuses on agents elected, the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association, the American Association of University Professors, no-agent elections, decertifications, strikes, legislation, demographic analysis, and first contracts…

This guide contains practical, field-tested advice concerning the development of a suitable negotiating strategy for management's use in public sector collective bargaining. The author stresses that strategies are long-term plans of action and that this book does not consider bargaining tactics--the individual methods used to achieve the strategic…

Chapter 3 of a book on school law, this chapter focuses on 1979 cases related to collective bargaining. The author notes that, as in 1978, challenges to grievance arbitration and to the awards of arbitrators were the dominant subject of litigation, with scope of bargaining a distant second place in the list of subject areas. In addition, he has…

This study attempted to formulate a method of assessing teachers' affective states that can predict the course of teacher contract negotiations. Researchers attempted to analyze and quantify teachers' feelings of professional role deprivation (PRD) and attitudinal militancy and to assess the relationship between the two. Professional role…

SIX RECENT BOOKS ON COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ARE REVIEWED--(1) MYRON LIEBERMAN AND MICHAEL H. MOSKOW, "COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS FOR TEACHERS, AN APPROACH TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION," (2) MICHAEL H. MOSKOW, "TEACHERS AND UNIONS, THE APPLICABILITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION," (3) STANLEY M. ELAM, MYRON LIEBERMAN,…

The recent increase in the number of teacher strikes following an impasse or stalemate in contract negotiations has led to a reevaluation of the role of State Educational Agencies (SEA) in such situations, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. The paper summarizes statutory framework governing the role of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)…

The general purpose of the 1974-1977 faculty agreement reached between Central Michigan University and Central Michigan University Faculty Association is in respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment for employees in the bargaining unit. Issues agreed upon include: (1) aid to collective bargaining agents; (2) grievance…

After noting the NEA's adoption of a resolution establishing guidelines for the settlement of impasses during school board/teacher negotiations, the paper discusses five ways California public school boards can regard employee strikes. They may view strikes as (1) illegal; (2) illegal, but necessitating procedures to deal with situations that…

This report outlines some of the institutional factors likely to affect the demand for teachers in the Ohio labor market, including a brief description of the Ferguson Act which prohibits strikes by public service employees. The author also deals with teacher supply, including a brief assessment of the two major organizations advocating collective…

This report is essentially a documentary outline of the events associated with the Newark teacher strikes followed by an analysis of the implications of those events for the future of education in Newark and elsewhere. The chronology provides a detailed delineation of the sequence of events before, during, and after each strike. The information…

Discusses the effects on teacher salaries and employment practices of several Canadian provinces' cost-cutting measures; emphasizes British Columbia's "Public Restraint Act" and public employees' response to it. (MCG)

Following examples of strike management in Tacoma and West Valley, Washington, advice is offered to school boards for minimizing damage during teachers' strikes. Topics discussed are substitute teachers, teacher contact, public relations, telephone strategies, consultants, picket lines, and maintaining patience and communication with school and…

Described is a teacher strike in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania. The strike centered around the issue of how to evaluate teachers in an era of declining enrollment, and caused a great deal of conflict among teachers, administrators, and the community. (KC)

Offers predictive propositions concerning what happens when the school board is the initiator of change and the union is the protector of the status quo. (Author/JM)