An analysis of a sample of contracts from various state school districts shows a considerable erosion of management's control of the schools, but recent fiscal problems and a surplus of teachers may make the teachers' victories short-lived or at least difficult to extend. (Author)

Concludes that the positions of the American Association of University Professors, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers on the inclusion of department chairmen in bargaining units vary from case to case and that organizational preferences may be overruled by state and national labor boards. (Author/IRT)

Examines faculty contracts at 19 four-year higher education institutions and analyzes differences in contracts negotiated by the American Association of University Professors, National Education Association, and American Federation of Teachers. Concludes that differences in the contracts tend to reflect the differing ideological orientation of the…

Presents an overview of research into public teacher unionization. Describes the nature of research versus opinion, discusses types of existing research, and examines results and trends of some of the research done since 1962. (For availability see EA 507 083.) (Author/JG)

Analyzes collective bargaining contracts at educational institutions of all levels to determine to what degree faculty members were oriented toward professional or bureaucratic values. Differences were found between contracts negotiated by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers and at different educational…

Using the Burkean concept of identity-identification, this paper isolates the genesis of conflict between teachers' unions and the public during and after strikes. Strategies to change resentment into advocacy of the union cause by nonunion community members are offered. (Author/IRT)

Interest and pressure group activity is analyzed in the context of state public employee relations laws and state "open meeting" laws. Suggests that the courts and state labor relations boards are susceptible receptors of pressure- and interest-group influence. (Author/IRT)

Reviews a case in Alberta (Canada) in which the teachers' association sought to discipline employees who accepted term appointments as administrators. The association was overruled by an appeal board which held that a professional association must act in the interest of the public as well as the profession. (Author/WD)

This paper is a synopsis of the opinions of the Supreme Court Justices in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which held that states could properly allow agency shop provisions in public sector unionism, and an analysis of some of the problems unions will face in implementing the agency shop. (Author/IRT)

Reveals that collective bargaining is controlled primarily by various political forces rather than by the actual exchange at the negotiating table. Political forces also partially control the relationship between the principal negotiators and set the limits within which they can bargain, thus largely determining the decisions made. (Author/IRT)

A model for making predictions about issues and consequences in local school districts presents elements related to teachers, the social context of schools, teachers' organizations, and schools as bureaucracies. The interrelationships are discussed in terms of those that are sequential, supportive, or conflictual in nature. (MLF)

Sheds light on a growing conflict that has surfaced between urban communities and teachers' unions: the conflict over the sharing of power in school decision making. Discusses the actions of the Philadelphia Parents Union. (Author/IRT)