This report describes the teachers' strike in Los Angeles in spring 1970, and analyzes (1) the events leading up to the strike, (2) the negotiations during the strike, and (3) the aftermath of the strike with its resulting lawsuits. The report is written from the board of education viewpoint, and concludes that more legislation must be designed to…

Ontario secondary teachers were more favorable in 1977 than 1974 towards collective bargaining but showed significantly less support for sanctions, especially striking. Still, if their interests were seriously threatened, they would strike. Teacher sex and length of Ontario residence were significant predictors of militancy. (Author/SB)

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…

Speech presented at the 54th annual NASSP Convention. (EJS)

The directory begins with a summary of unionization activities among college faculty for the 1989 calendar year. It is concluded that there were no significant events in academic collective bargaining during the year, with faculty unions concentrating resources on servicing their members and preserving affiliations. The faculty contracts and…

Suggests that when the practice of some form of education bargaining is utilized thoughtfully and responsibly by teachers and school boards, a workable balance of priorities is possible. (Author/AM)

A concern over the academic autonomy of public colleges and universities, as demonstrated by the increasing exercise of legal prerogatives to supervise and control these institutions on the part of state governments, and the appearance and rapid spread of collective bargaining for academic and other professional personnel prompted the study of the…

The report summarizes unionization activities among college faculty in the United States in 1989. Faculty unionizing continued to increase for the sixth consecutive year and contrasts with decreases in the overall unionized sector. Organized faculty comprised approximately 30% of the professoriate. Faculty unions were successful in 11 of 14…

In the field of education, the impasses that have occurred in collective bargaining for a contract have been resolved sooner or later--in one way or another. If a due process for settling the impasse has not been provided, both legal and illegal actions will take place in the attempt to force a more favorable settlement. Mediation, fact finding,…

School board members and school administrators are provided with information concerning their roles in controlling the growing organized militancy of teachers. Positions and concepts that the management team should adopt in developing a collective negotiations agreement are discussed in many areas, including (1) composition of bargaining units,…

This study documents the legal, political, economic, and managerial constraints in the Philadelphia Public School System and traces their impact on the policies and practices of the system. Specifically, the study focuses on collective bargaining relationships and on their impact on the system. The first section outlines the basic constraints that…

Written by a negotiator for the Chicago City College Board approximately a year after the signing of the first faculty collective bargaining agreement at the college on May 2, 1967, this paper reviews the climate and key elements of the collective bargaining process. First, an overview is provided of the negotiation process, indicating the…