Discusses the two strikes underwent by the School District of Philadelphia during the 1972-1973 school year, noting the effect of a teacher strike on the role of the Principal. (JM)

This research report on teacher militancy, published by the Canadian Teachers' Federation, seeks to ascertain the extent to which various groups of teachers are prepared to adopt militant bargaining strategies, and to identify factors which may contribute to the development of militant attitudes. The report first broadly defines militancy among…

In this report, the author discusses public employee negotiation legislation, issues and the basic law in negotiations, approaches and alternatives to bargaining, the negotiation process, and areas of special concern in negotiation. He concludes that one of the most important skills an administrator of the future might possess is a skill in…

Between February 1985 and July 1986, Great Britain experienced its most widespread, acrimonious, and traumatic teachers' dispute. The persons involved, the activities, and the agreement that ended the dispute are discussed. (MLF)

Reports results of a survey of teachers employed by a school district in a medium-sized, midwestern city that has experienced four teachers' strikes since 1969. (HD)

Reviews various ways of resolving collective bargaining impasses in education. Discusses mediation, fact finding, and arbitration and concludes that none has prevented teacher strikes. Binding arbitration is called for as a legislative remedy. (Author/JG)

Discusses proposed Congressional legislation that would assign to the Federal Government the role of final arbitrator between school boards and teachers. (JF)

This document contains edited presentations given during a conference on teacher negotiations and solutions to impasse in Rhode Island. The principal speakers were Henry J. Nardone, chairman of the Elementary and Secondary Education Sub-Committee of the Board of Regents; Julius C. Michaelson, Attorney General for Rhode Island; and Dr. Peter…

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)

The following major aspects of collective negotiations in education were briefly reviewed at a conference in Bloomington, Indiana, June 1968, sponsored jointly by the Department of Elementary School Principals (NEA), the Indiana Association of Elementary School Principals, and Indiana University: (1) Benevolent administrative leadership is rapidly…

This book consists of 26 separate articles dealing with the broad topic of collective bargaining in education and its impact on educational policy and administration. Ideas and elements of the literature are grouped into four major sections suggested by systems analysis. Part 1 shows how collective bargaining in education is influenced by many…

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 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…