Inside every airline magazine is an ad in which Chester L. Karrass insists, "You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate." This suggests that the "art" of negotiation is more important than the substance of any issue under consideration. When it's time to negotiate at the author's college, the faculty union's "professional…

First it was changes to pay, then evaluation systems, and then tenure laws. Now, lawmakers in several states are challenging collective bargaining, the foundation of teacher unionism. Leaders in Idaho, Indiana, and Tennessee are proposing bills that would limit what, if anything, teachers' unions could negotiate. None of the proposals has yet…

Massive protests have been the norm in Wisconsin, since Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a plan to strip many collective bargaining rights from teachers and most other public employees. GOP elected officials are pursuing similar measures in Ohio and other states. But in the DeForest district, like some others around the state, collective bargaining,…

Offers practical advice concerning collective bargaining on college campuses. (HS)

Discussion of the new body of common law" governing grievance settlements under negotiated contracts, with useful recommendations. (Author)

As the most unionized segment of the public sector workforce in the USA, teachers and their bargaining representatives wield significant power in the world of educational labour relations and beyond. Yet, just as the First Amendment's freedom of association clause affords unions the right to exist, its concomitant recognition that employees are…

This document is a formal contract between the Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees and the Michigan Association of Higher Education, Gogebic Community College District. Contract articles cover recognition, bargaining, rights of the board of trustees, instructor rights, employment policies and practices, vacancy qualifications, leaves,…

This document presents the agreement between the Cumberland County College Board of Trustees and the Cumberland County College Faculty Association. Articles of the agreement cover recognition; negotiation procedure; association rights and responsibilities; conditions of employment; faculty benefits; salaries; compensation for graduate work;…

After contract terms are agreed upon by teachers and school boards, an everyday harmonious relationship must still be established. (LR)

Report based on survey of school systems with enrollments of 1,000 or more pupils for the 1967-68 school year. The survey revealed that over 90 per cent of the 603 negotiation agreements included grievance procedures. (Author)

This series of questions and answers on contract administration in public sector labor relations focuses on the practical aspects of both contract administration and grievance handling. Its purpose is to provide information and examples to help practitioners better understand the roles of labor and management while operating under a collective…

This report, one of a series of yearly reports, analyzes New Jersey school labor negotiations laws and practices as of 1979. One article deals with the school board's ability to take actions within the framework of the negotiations law. Another concerns leave provisions for illness and disability connected with pregnancy, childbirth, and…

Advice for management representatives so that an orderly, peaceful procedure can be followed in settling differences in interpretations of the various contract clauses of a negotiation agreement. (Author/MLF)