In 1941, members of the local unit of the Florida State Teachers Association (FSTA) met in Tampa to plan a lawsuit against Hillsborough County's school board for paying African-American teachers less than white teachers. Hilda Turner, who taught history and economics at Tampa's historically black high school, agreed to serve as plaintiff; she was…

Highlights of the 1970 annual NSBA convention held at San Francisco. (LN)

Recounts what it is like to be a school board member during a teacher strike. (IRT)

The history of events leading to the merger of the Flint, Michigan AFT and NEA units Plus some observations on merger steps being taken elsewhere. (MF)

The speaker establishes himself in opposition to teacher strikes, outlines the scope of teacher strikes, discusses arguments for and against the right of teachers to strike, presents the kinds of strikes that are possible, outlines what a board and the administration can do to head off a strike, and presents the American Association of School…

Teacher Militancy Dialogue from the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

Argues that collective bargaining as it now operates in Ontario is disruptive to the educational process and very costly. Suggests a new model in which the provincial government would create politically independent machinery to determine teacher salaries and fringe benefits. (Author/IRT)

Identifies the advantages of employing a professional negotiator to represent boards of education in negotiations with teachers. (MLF)

Teacher surpluses and demands for accountability have led boards of education and administrators to consider the dismissal of teachers not performing as expected. The writer views the situation and urges school officials to heed scrupulously the provisions of the state statutes on teacher dismissal. (Editor)

This paper examines the Ardrey Concept of territoriality -- that in his dealing with others, man is driven by a "territorial imperative" -- for its possible relevance to the design of more powerful conflict theories of organization. The importance of territoriality is explored as a conceivable precondition necessary to eventual understanding. An…

In this report, the author discusses public employee negotiation legislation, issues and the basic law in negotiations, approaches and alternatives to bargaining, the negotiation process, and areas of special concern in negotiation. He concludes that one of the most important skills an administrator of the future might possess is a skill in…

The author is chairman of the Women's Rights Committee of the American Federation of Teachers: she was invited to write this article in response to Women Teachers and Teacher Power,'' in the Urban Review,'' Vol. 6, No. 3. (Author/JM)