A cross-sectional analysis of teacher strikes in 1977 uses an alternate estimation technique (TOBIT) that incorporates information about the distribution of the dependent variable ignored by the standard regression model. Collective bargaining and meeting teachers' salary expectations are found to reduce the incidence of teacher strikes. (MLF)

Examines the reactions of three San Francisco (California) hospitals to the 1975 doctors' strike. Analyzes the anticipatory, responsive, and readjustment phases of the hospitals' adaptations in terms of each hospital's previous market strategy, organizational structure and ideology, and deployment of slack resources, including financial, human,…

Sheds light on labor relations in Australia through an examination of its governance of education, Australian teachers and unions, the history of compulsory arbitration, some contrasts between compulsory arbitration and collective bargaining, some contemplated changes in the governance of education in Australia, and some speculation about the…

Over the past decade, two developments have greatly affected the conduct of affairs in academic institutions in the United States: the increasing role of the courts and the growth of collective bargaining. Collective agreement, impasse and unilateral action, the strike, and the expiration of the collective agreement are discussed. (MLW)

Offers arguments that can be utilized in seeking an injunction to end a teacher strike. (Author/WD)

Displays data concerning the number of government work stoppages for each major issue across the several political subdivisions in the United States from 1968 to 1977. Also speaks to the involvement of third party interests in collective negotiations as a way of reducing these work stoppages. (Author/IRT)

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)

A growth in organized school employee groups, particularly teacher groups, may require school boards to develop and maintain an affirmative employee relations program to identify and meet needs before they reach the crisis level and, therefore, prevent the issues from developing around which employee unions must justify their existence.…

In a nationwide strike, law students demonstrated and boycotted classes to protest lack of racial and ethnic diversity in law faculties. Students see female and minority faculty as mentors, and feel the shortage of lawyers serving the minority population will increase without minority faculty to prepare them for that role. (MSE)

Four decades after collective bargaining came to public education, school boards and the superintendents they hire still routinely blame teacher unions for causing massive inefficiencies, stifling innovation, and preventing change designed to promote student learning. "Our hands are tied," school boards commonly complain when school…

One of the biggest errors that boards of education make in collective bargaining concerns the selection of their bargaining team. A negotiator should be used who knows labor law, understands the educational process and its common practices, and is knowledgeable about school law. In addition to the negotiator, who should be the spokesman, the…

The nature of education collective bargaining laws has not changed significantly since the movement reached a peak in the late 1960's. The District of Columbia and 31 states have laws providing bargaining rights to elementary-secondary teachers; 24 states provide bargaining rights to postsecondary faculty; 9 states permit teacher organizations to…

College boards must carefully prepare for collective bargaining if they cannot prevent state laws requiring collective bargaining from enactment. This article outlines a good collective bargaining act and describes methods for boards to avoid entering into collective bargaining and to deal with it if forced. (DC)

In eight chapters, this work emphasizes that collective bargaining activities fall within a framework of rules. Chapter 1 centers on constitutional rights and torts. Good faith bargaining is the focus of chapter 2. The activities of public employment relations agencies are discussed in chapter 3. Chapter 4 concentrates on resolving impasses. The…

The attitudes that Mississippi public school teachers hold toward the use of collective, militant actions was the focus of the present research. Four-hundred and fifty elementary and secondary level teachers, representing a 75 percent response rate of the 600 randomly selected sample, responded to questions on the "Demographic Information…