This article discusses recent court decisions affecting the relationship between teachers' associations and unions and the public agencies that employ those teachers. Topics discussed include constitutional rights, union representation and union rights, obligation to bargain and scope of bargaining, grievances and arbitrability, fiscal…

Findings suggest that not only has the use of factfinding declined within the teacher sector of public employee bargaining, but that the decline is likely to continue. Increased teacher militancy reflects the times. (Author/MW)

This publication is intended to help school management personnel become more familiar with the nature of and the means for resolving negotiations impasses. Aspects of mediation and arbitration are discussed, and basic negotiating techniques that help school boards win arbitration cases are presented. Also provided are a sample arbitration case…

This speech presents a brief history of public sector collective negotiations and compares collective negotiation to private sector bargaining. The author points out that, unlike private collective bargaining, the public association or union cannot put the employer out of business; therefore, a strike or a strike threat is no longer a viable…

Presents the practical and legal effects of the public employee strike. (JF)

Because strikes don't solve problems in America's public schools, arbitration is offered as the most effective alternate available. The author believes arbitration is a viable means by which teacher's legitimate demands may be protected. (Editor)

The Hawaii State Teachers Association engaged in strikes several times during the 1971-1975 period, activating that state's complex impasse procedures. Significant differences between public and private sector labor relations became evident. (Author)

This pamphlet contains the National Association of Secondary School Principals' (NASSP) viewpoint on the following critical issues to be considered prior to drafting State negotiation legislation: (1) The role of the school principal in negotiation, (2) the preferred procedures for designation of the bargaining agent, (3) a statutory timetable for…

Prior to drafting State legislation pertaining to collective negotiation in education, it is necessary to understand the essential differences between public and private employment and to determine whether teachers should be included under a statute covering many categories of public employees or whether they should receive separate statutory…

This report presents the results of an opinionnaire sent to leading State educational personnel in 26 States that have adopted legislation regulating teacher/school board collective negotiations. The opinionnaire gathered information concerning (1) the degree of adequacy of the legislation; (2) the respondents' indications of the most current…

Collective negotiations in education have become the subject of legislative proposals at Federal, State, and local levels. Congress is currently considering the NEA-proposed statute, "Professional Negotiation Act for Public Education, 1969," which would regulate employment relationships between boards of education and their professional personnel.…

The crises in education today are nowhere more critical than those in Catholic schools and are nowhere more dependent for resolution than on lay teacher militancy, labor support, and Federal Government involvement. Historically, lay teachers made up the majority of Catholic school staffs from the 18th through the mid-19th century; they seem…

Suggests eight ways in which boards of education can select successful negotiating teams. (DS)

The intent of this volume is to inform boards of education about the collective negotiations process so that the board can proceed to improve board-staff relations as well as achieve its goals at the bargaining table. Although much of the information in this book applies to all public employee collective bargaining, the author chooses to focus on…