Article considered collective bargaining in practical terms. (RK)

Author reflected upon the effect that collective bargaining has had upon the professional, personal, and home lives of individuals closely or directly involved in collective bargaining. (Author/RK)

Reveals that management prerogatives of college administrators are being undermined for two reasons: common law rights to manage are no longer exempt from the list of issues subject to collective bargaining and administrators fail to realize that management rights clauses constitute their major protection in negotiated agreements. (TP)

Points to the difficulties that management in public education faces because of statutory protection for teachers, due process laws, judiciary rulings, collective bargaining, and the political power of faculty unions. Discusses the advantages of specific listings of management rights in negotiation agreements. Presents El Camino Community…

Article considered the role of the department chairman in the collective bargaining process. (Author/RK)

Recommends a collective bargaining model providing central roles for community college division chairpersons in labor relations. Proposes a five-step process that combines contract item analysis, negotiation team membership, contract administration, strike management, and post-strike management. Figures illustrate the Team Management Bargaining…