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…

As an aid to New Jersey school board members, administrators, and attorneys without extensive labor law training, this revised edition of a handbook on the New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act sets out school boards' basic obligations and rights under the law in light of changes brought about by recent agency and court cases. Its six…

The Wilkinsburg (Pennsylvania) School Board's decision to hire Alternative Public Schools, a private company, to manage a failing elementary school has alienated the teacher union and many town residents. If teachers lose their court challenge, Turner School will become the only U.S. public school to be both privately staffed and managed. (MLH)

Reviews a case in Alberta (Canada) in which the teachers' association sought to discipline employees who accepted term appointments as administrators. The association was overruled by an appeal board which held that a professional association must act in the interest of the public as well as the profession. (Author/WD)

School boards may permit incumbent teacher unions access to mailboxes while prohibiting rival unions such access. Dissenting justices argued that exclusive access is discrimination and amounts to censorship and infringement of the First Amendment. School boards should consider carefully before granting exclusive access to incumbent unions. (PB)

Analyzes New Jersey case involving the jailing of striking teachers who refused to comply with a judge's return-to-work order. (PKP)

Arbitration is an effective way to resolve disagreements between school systems and their employee unions. A practicing arbitrator offers some suggestions that encourage the best use of the arbitration process. (MLF)

An overview of the legal obligation of public school districts to bargain with their employees. (MLF)

The general legal aspects of reduction in force due to financial, enrollment, and programmatic reasons are discussed. Concludes that courts are reluctant to interfere with local school boards that have complied with state statutes, have presented empirical evidence, and have not infringed on constitutionally protected rights. (Author/MLF)

Discusses court decisions affecting union shops in public institutions and their requirement of union fee payments by nonunion member employees. Discusses procedures that must be followed for dissenters challenging amount of fee charged. The most recent decision, "Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson," does not deal with an important…

This speech discusses conditions that cause middle management personnel to join unions, describes how school boards may alleviate these conditions, presents precedents being established to legitimize the formation of separate bargaining units for administrators, and discusses the management team as an alternative for management bargaining units.…

Discusses three federal cases: "Hall v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Alabama," involving distribution of union literature in school; "Board of Education of Rogers, Arkansas, v. McCluskey," regarding student discipline policies; and "Duro v. District Attorney, Second Judicial District of North…

Analyzes the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision in "Scotch Plains" regarding binding arbitration procedures in collective bargaining agreements to settle disputes over the withholding of salary increments. Discusses the events leading up to the case and comments on possible future directions for such cases. (54 footnotes) (MLF)

Presents a chronological history of the conflict between the Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, teachers' union and the school board. The board hired Alternative Public Schools, Inc, to manage Turner Elementary Schools and gave the company permission to hire a new staff at Turner. The state supreme court has ruled in favor of the school district. (MLF)

Collective bargaining is merely a process for reconciling the expectations of two parties in order to arrive at a written contract, according to the author. His paper describes the bargaining process, following chronologically its major steps. The paper begins with a discussion of the recognition and certification of teacher unions. The next…