Data on college faculty work stoppages during 1966-1983 are presented. An introduction briefly summarizes the three reported strikes occurring in 1983. The 21-day strike at Compton Community College District, California, centered on funding for the college, which also was the main issue of the three-day stoppage at St. Clair County Community…

A chronicle of the issues involved in the Newark Teachers' strikes in the decade 1963 to 1973, focusing on the conflicting roles of the Board of Education, the Newark Teachers Union, the Newark Teachers Association, and the increasing influence of the local black community. (EH)

Examines the propensity of teachers to strike and, using a logit model, how this propensity can be affected by certain decision variables, notably a teacher's political leaning, sex, cynicism, moonlighting, colleague orientation, orientation to the public, age, teaching load, total family income, morale, and attitude toward peer evaluation.…

Excerpts from the Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the National Committee for Support of Public School (6th, March 1968), Patricia Wagner EditoU

This paper contains interviews with leaders of the public employment, labor relations movement in the U.S. Discussed are labor relations, organizing, and bargaining as they have developed on the state and local government level as well as the shape and direction they may take in the next 50 years. The paper states that, despite the varying…

In spite of its colorful history of labor organizing efforts, Illinois has been slow to respond to conditions in higher education that have led to academic collective bargaining nationally. The time has arrived for Illinois leadership to recognize the symptoms and to respond to the issues before higher education is swept into retaliatory…

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)