This article examines the legal and political significance of teacher unionization in rural and suburban school districts between 1960 and 1975. While most historians focus on the growth of unions in urban areas, strikes in outlying districts played a determinative role in the development of public sector labor law, particularly in the arbitration…

Studies the nature of the torts liability incurred in strikes and the extent of existing immunities bestowed on strikers and their organizers, and explores the principles that should govern liability and immunity. Available from Israel Law Review Association, c/o Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, P.O.B. 24100, Jerusalem…

The accessibility of declaratory judgment would greatly diminish the propensity toward self-help to "solve" labor conflicts and would decrease the concomitant potential for violence and damages. Available from Seton Hall University School of Law, 1095 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, NJ 07102. (Author/IRT)

CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENT BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PER CENT OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL STAFF. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL WORK STATUS OF CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE 50 STATES AND TO ARRANGE THE COLLECTED INFORMATION UNDER FUNCTIONAL TOPICS. THE PROBLEM IS SUBDIVIDED TO CONSIDER (1)…

This chapter deals with the legal process by which employers and employee organizations discuss matters related to employment. The chapter is organized to reflect the initial sequence of events in the collective bargaining process. Cases are reported and analyzed in nine sections: obligation and authority to bargain; unit determination and…