After many years of labor peace, public school teachers have engaged in strikes and work stoppages in record numbers during the past two years. Chief among the demands of striking teachers was higher pay. Discontent was also expressed with working conditions, which teachers and their unions connected to flat or declining state spending on…

Proceedings of an inservice conference on teacher militancy and collective bargaining are reported. Section one presents resumes of speeches delivered by experts from the fields of law, business, labor arbitration, and professional negotiations. Topics of the speeches include new developments in professional negotiations, arbitration in public…

THIS VOLUME CONTAINS PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE ON EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HELD JULY 14-15, 1966, AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS AND THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS THREEFOLD--(1) TO PROVIDE A FORUM WHERE…