The purpose of this cross-sectional, comparison study attempted to investigate if a code of conduct existed in New Jersey teacher union contracts to nursing/hospital union contracts. Archived data of public school district and nursing/hospital union contracts held with the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Committee (NJ PERC) and Health…

This booklet provides step-by-step advice for New Jersey school administrators on the organization of bargaining units and on negotiation. The section covering organizing reviews briefly the rights of school employee associations to negotiate, the values of collective negotiation, and the specific requirements and procedures involved in…

This report, one of an annual series, analyzes a number of crucial topics that could affect educational negotiations in New Jersey during the year. The articles cover the scope of negotiations; agency shop negotiations; when to start bargaining; contract clauses dealing with union recognition, teacher transfers, and payment for unused sick leave…

This report, one of an annual series, analyzes a number of issues critical to educational negotiations in New Jersey in 1982 and reviews important bargaining tactics from the school board's perspective. The articles included deal with the scope of negotiations; the predictable aspects of the bargaining process; basic bargaining errors; the timing…

This report, one of an annual series, analyzes New Jersey school labor negotiations laws and practices as of 1980 from the school board's perspective. This edition of the report is not as comprehensive as earlier issues, since the issuing agency has developed other publications to treat some aspects of negotiation. The topics remaining are new to…