The lessons of collective bargaining suggest a permanent, political, adversary relationship between teacher associations and school boards. Therefore, administrators must speak for good education, learn well the bargaining skills, and emphasize give and take in bargaining. Teacher associations may be expected to justify their existence, assume…

This guide provides management with specific procedural and tactical advice to be used while negotiating a labor union contract. The first 10 chapters suggest management techniques for collection and evaluation of pertinent information, evaluation of past negotiation experiences, formulation of company proposals, selection of the company…

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…

A survey of 34 school districts in Nebraska aimed at discovering how frequently negotiation impasse has occurred, and how impasse has been resolved. (Available from Nebraska State School Boards Association, Executive Building, Room 305, 521 South 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508.) (Author/MLF)

Article focused on school district strike plans that are prepared for the atypical occurrences that take place during teacher strikes. (RK)

Sixty thousand students from the Los Angeles Unified School District are being bused. Parents are reacting to the legal order. In addition, increasing numbers of teacher strikes are occurring around the nation. The desegregation program taking place in Los Angeles, and the effects of teacher activism in other parts of the country, are described.…

Collective bargaining in education raises some ethical problems because of the impact that decisions have on individuals and groups who are not part of the bargaining process. Alternatives to be explored involve special forms of binding arbitration or voucher systems, but any alternative should seek to better represent the public interest. (DS)

The lesson for junior high and secondary social studies classes illustrates the effects of a breakdown in the functioning of one key system in an interdependent network. Based on an airline strike, the activity involves students in identifying the subsystems affected by the strike, devising solutions, and writing business reports about the…

Describes Pasco (Washington) School District's resolution of a recent negotiation impasse in their normal "win/win" collective bargaining process. The key was to reestablish the trust, patience, and willingness to listen that had eroded over the years as new participants replaced old hands in the nonadversarial bargaining process. (MLH)

A review of the economy in 1973 includes coverage of price controls and freezes; monetary and fiscal policy; unemployment collective bargaining (apparel, railroads, rubber, electrical equipment, postal, trucking, automobiles); strikes; legal developments (employment discrimination and legislation); union developments (indictment, farm ferment,…

One of the foremost authorities on school negotiations views the first decade of bargaining in education and makes some predictions about the future. Discusses administrative reorganization to cope with bargaining, the role of superintendents, grievance procedures, the role of principals, tenure and due process, discrimination against women…

Presents the practical and legal effects of the public employee strike. (JF)

School boards by state statutes are alone accountable for the education of their communities' youth. What's needed, the writer contends, is a rectification of the statutes so that all parties to negotiations are accountable. (Editor)

Because strikes don't solve problems in America's public schools, arbitration is offered as the most effective alternate available. The author believes arbitration is a viable means by which teacher's legitimate demands may be protected. (Editor)