On Friday, March 1, 2019, a mass picket line of striking Oakland teachers, other district workers, students, and community members chanted loudly as they surrounded La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland, California, to block school board members from meeting to impose cuts to classified workers (e.g., office workers and custodians) and vital…

The broad success of the 2018-2019 #RedforEd ("Red for Education") movement in achieving more equitable outcomes for not only teachers but also other constituents in the community has generated interest in the role of teacher strikes in defending the common good. My article contributes to this conversation by interpreting the demands…

To examine the perceptions of superintendents regarding the issues involved in teacher strikes and how they see strikes affecting principals, students, school boards, and themselves, a list of the districts throughout the United States that had experienced a strike during the years 1984 through 1987 was obtained from the Government Employee…

Provides an overview of the issues in school labor relations in Illinois. Available from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 77 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606; single copies $5.00. (IRT)

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…

This booklet is intended to aid school officials in collective bargaining and dealing with employee disputes, in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Educational Employment Relations Act. Individual chapters focus in turn on preparing for negotiations, carrying on negotiations, concluding negotiations, resolving disputes, and…

Major trends revealed from an analysis of 46 collective bargaining agreements are discussed. The most obvious trend involves the agent with whom college faculty affiliate, with the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers dominating. It is shown that the bargaining model developing in higher education is closely…

SIX RECENT BOOKS ON COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ARE REVIEWED--(1) MYRON LIEBERMAN AND MICHAEL H. MOSKOW, "COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS FOR TEACHERS, AN APPROACH TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION," (2) MICHAEL H. MOSKOW, "TEACHERS AND UNIONS, THE APPLICABILITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION," (3) STANLEY M. ELAM, MYRON LIEBERMAN,…

Collective negotiation in education has lagged behind collective bargaining developments in private industry, which have resulted from the passage of a number of federal statutes, beginning with the NIRA Act of 1933. By contrast, state statutes for collective negotiation in education have been relatively few, recent, and inadequate. Topics…

The number of reported cases dealing with collective bargaining increased for the second consecutive year. While there was a significant amount of litigation, including one Supreme Court case, the courts relied on established precedents in deciding the many different issues confronting them. The review addresses the following topics at the K-12…

The most significant change appearing in the collective bargaining area in 1989 was the drop in number of cases compared to recent years. The largest number of cases challenged the specifics of fair share fee level establishment and the processes in place for collection of fees. There were also a significant number of cases surrounding issues of…

The amount of collective bargaining litigation remained high in 1988; however, there were no United States Supreme Court cases concerning collective bargaining in education, nor were there any new trends or developments. The review addresses the following topics at the K-12 level: (1) constitutional issues; (2) recognition and representation…

An increasing amount of case law dealing with collective bargaining in education was evident in 1987. The more than 100 cases cited indicate that educational employers and their unionized employees are increasingly resorting to the courts rather than resolving issues at the negotiation or arbitration table. However, there were no United States…

This document contains reports of research findings considered of special relevance for school board members. The introduction summarizes the project which involved selecting, abstracting, analyzing, and interpreting research on 27 topics. Each of the 27 resumes (written in "layman's language") includes questions, review of studies, implications,…