School boards in contract negotiations with teachers' unions can expect demands for fewer hours in the classroom, higher salaries, and better health care to dominate the talks. In addition, teachers will demand more training and support in dealing with students with disabilities, especially medically fragile children. (MLF)

Since passage of Ohio's Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act of 1984, Ohio public employees have voted to join unions in more than 70% of elections, and 90,584 Ohio public employees gained union representation from 1984 to 1992. Before the establishment of Ohio's multitiered collective bargaining process, which involves intervention by a…

Attitudes of principals and assistant principals before, during, and after a teacher strike that occurred in mid-1988 in Louisiana's "A" parish school system are examined in this study. A second focus is on differences between principals and assistant principals in levels of experience and attitudes. Questionnaires mailed to 23…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of California and the Santa Cruz Faculty Association covering the period June 30, 1983-June 30, 1984 is presented. The American Association of University Professors affiliated union has 295 members. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, meeting and conferring to…

Two bills considered by the 81st General Assembly of the State of Illinois could provide access to collective bargaining for public employees. House Bill 808 provides these rights to employees in public and higher education, and House Bill 1178 requires collective bargaining for police officers in units of local government with populations under…

The fact that public employees do not have particular rights accorded private employees may not be inequity if public employees enjoy benefits not shared by private employees. Public employees' political influence on public sector bargaining is probably the most important difference between the two sectors. Political activity pays the teacher…

The responsibility for education in Australia rests with the states. Teachers in the state of New South Wales, as in other Australian states, are employed by the Public Service Board, which determines working conditions. Teachers are administered, however, under the Department of Education. Labor disputes in Australia are settled not by formal…

This collective bargaining agreement between the Loretto Heights College and the Loretto Heights College Faculty Education Association covers a period from June 1974 to May 1976. Articles included are: (1) academic freedom; (2) tenure; (3) probationary and nontenure faculty; (4) special category faculty; (5) part-time faculty; (6) calendar and…

Labor-management relations in higher education are undergoing dramatic changes as a result of the rapidly growing unionization of personnel. A comparison of past experiences with unionization both in academe and industry reveals that administrations must determine their human resources policies and objectives before dealing with the unionization…

Contained in this document are three labor contracts made by and between Syracuse University and Local 200 General Services Employees' Union, Service Employees' International Union, AFL-CIO. The purpose of the agreements is to promote and maintain good relations between the university, the union, and the employees represented by the union and to…

This article describes specific areas in education which have been problematic over the last 18 years and discusses ways in which the collective bargaining process was able to cope with them. (Author/EB)

Investigates factors underlying teacher support for the union movement in six New York school districts in the 1960s. Feelings of powerlessness in educational decision making were an important motivating force. Support for unions was based in part on the expectation that collective bargaining would help strengthen teacher participation in…

This article reports that teachers are in an adversary position in relation to boards of education and administrators not only on the subject of basic curriculum but also school governance, and predicts that the situation will worsen for teachers in the light of tight finances and over-supply of teachers, with more power accruing to school…