Comparing bargaining and nonbargaining Illinois school districts, this survey presents computer organized data in eight categories: characteristics of the responding districts, board-teacher relationships, economic benefits for teachers, language, procedures, Illinois Association of School Boards services, the future, and priorities for collective…

This report discusses teacher organizing, strikes, collective bargaining and negotiations, contract settlements, economic issues, legal developments, and state legislative activities. The first section contains fact sheets and organizing literature from the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). A…