If unions are to be kept from taking over institutions, trustees must understand their role as keepers of the public trust, and commit themselves to winning at the bargaining table. This article offers a list of practical guidelines for trustees involved in contract negotiations. (Author/NHM)

Presents clear statements of management rights in response to governance issues stimulated by teacher collective bargaining. (DW)

Questionnaires were used to elicit and compare information about teacher strikes from superintendents and union presidents of 42 school districts within the state of Washington and superintendents and union presidents of 124 school districts throughout the United States. All of the districts had experienced teacher strikes within the previous 3…

This discussion of the effects of unionization of teaching faculty upon the instructional development process in higher education examines both the collective bargaining process and strikes. Mailed questionnaires were used to collect data from instructional developers in instructional development agencies, faculty members, and students. Various…

The legislative trend seems to be toward providing limited opportunity for public employees to strike, and court reluctance to enjoin such stoppages increases. (Author)

Points out various legislation prohibiting or permitting public employees to strike and discusses the use and effectiveness of higher education employees who choose to strike. (Editor)

Reviews a book that analyzes teacher strikes in two small districts in Ohio. (IRT)

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage principals to develop a plan of action in anticipation of a teacher strike at their school. The paper briefly details case histories of strikes between 1962-73. Then it defines the critical role of the principal during and especially after a strike. Finally, specific suggestions for principals are…

TEACHER'S STRIKES IN 1966 RESULTED IN 33 STOPPAGES FOLLOWED BY AN ADDITIONAL 11 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1967. ONLY 35 SUCH STOPPAGES WERE RECORDED IN THE ENTIRE PRECEDING DECADE. OF THE 1966 STOPPAGES, 21 OCCURRED IN 10 STATES, BUT 12 OCCURRED IN MICHIGAN FOLLOWING ENACTMENT OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT IN 1965. IN CONTRAST TO…

The status of unionism among librarians in public and academic libraries, with emphasis on the years 1972 to 1975, is the subject of a report based on a search of the literature. The first section gives an indication of the frequency and mood of comment in the current professional literature. There follows a brief summary of library union…

College students are expanding their role in academic collective bargaining. They represent a fresh source of energy for reform that must be recognized by faculty unions and university administrators who seek higher levels of cooperation and new directions for service. This document reviews student involvement in collective bargaining. Some…

This document reviews the activities at San Francisco State College, October 1968-April, 1969: why the San Francisco State College strike became the first sustained assault on an institution by its students, embroiling, as it did, not only the faculty, administrators, trustees, students, and alumni, but also the political leaders of the city and…

This study discusses faculty attitudes toward collective bargaining, including collective negotiations, sanctions, and withholding of faculty services. The purpose was to determine whether faculty members' perceptions of their capacities for power and mobility were related to their expression of relatively favorable or unfavorable attitudes toward…