THE AUTHOR STATES THAT GROWING DEMANDS BY ORGANIZED TEACHERS FOR NEGOTIATION CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND POLICY FORMULATION HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY A WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT SUCH BARGAINING THROUGH PROCEDURES WHICH DO NOT INTERRUPT ORDERLY SCHOOL OPERATION. TRADITIONAL LEGAL AUTHORITY OF LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO MAKE UNILATERAL POLICY…

Recent activities of the National Education Association, state teachers' associations, and various local teachers' associations indicate that states which do not now have them should adopt statutes regarding collective negotiations. This report analyzes the laws of 17 states which do have such statutes. The recent New York act, one of the newest…

A consultant argues against a national bargaining law for public employees and discusses the success of local public bargaining. He urges that State legislation clarify policy as to coverage and administration of any such Act. (Author/JF)

SEVENTY PERCENT RESPONSE TO A SURVEY OF THE NATION'S 6,000 LARGEST SCHOOL SYSTEMS (1963-64 ENROLLMENT OF 1,200 OR MORE) INDICATED THAT 45 PERCENT OF THE DISTRICTS ACKNOWLEDGED A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER ORGANIZATION AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED FOR NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. BOTH…

BY THE END OF 1966, OVER 1500 WRITTEN AGREEMENTS HAD BEEN REACHED IN THE UNITED STATES PROVIDING FOR DECISION-MAKING BY TEACHERS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATION. PRIMARY ISSUES INCLUDED THE IMPORTANCE OF STATE LEGISLATION, THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION RIGHTS BY ONE PROFESSIONAL…

COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION BY MAJOR PERSONNEL IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IS DISCUSSED PRIMARILY FROM THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT'S VIEWPOINT. SINCE WORLD WAR II, SCHOOL STAFFS HAVE INCREASINGLY DEMANDED A CHANGE IN THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HORIZONTAL CONCEPT OF EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY. THIS DEMAND IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASING…

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)

A BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW OF STATE LAWS RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BETWEEN TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARDS IS FOLLOWED BY SIX SUGGESTIONS FOR COMPONENTS OF A WORKING MODEL--(1) GUARANTEE TO TEACHERS OF THE RIGHT TO JOIN THE ORGANIZATION OF THEIR CHOICE AND OBLIGATION IMPOSED UPON THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO BARGAIN WITH TEACHER…

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…

A 1974 strike by teachers in Littleton, Colorado, is described to illustrate the possibility of labor disputes in States without a law governing public employee collective bargaining. (JG)

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.…

Ways must be sought to make rising teacher militancy benefit education rather than harm it. In this pursuit, State boards of education should (1) help school officials understand that a fundamental change is taking place in their employer-employee relationship, (2) consider whether they wish to support State laws forbidding collective negotiations…

This review of the New Jersey Education Association since the 1950s concentrates on actions to improve salaries and gain collective bargaining, strikes, relations with the National Education Association, and the Marburger controversy over educational innovations in the 1960s. (SJL)

The recent increase in the number of teacher strikes following an impasse or stalemate in contract negotiations has led to a reevaluation of the role of State Educational Agencies (SEA) in such situations, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. The paper summarizes statutory framework governing the role of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)…