This article analyzes the teacher union movement and the system of teacher bargaining in England and Wales. The author traces the postwar history of teacher negotiations and shows that the present system of negotiation has experienced increasing difficulties in the past decade, such as a rise in teacher militancy. (Author/CT)

Describes some of the "latest family squabbles" amongst the leaders and members of the national teachers' unions. (Author/WM)

An authority on school negotiations calls attention to some of the most significant implications of a merger between NEA and AFT. (Author)

Some common characteristics of collective negotiations are discussed. (DB)

The purpose of this research is to set out a conceptual framework for explaining variations in the impact of faculty bargaining on institutions of higher education. The conceptual framework is presented in 3 parts. First, a model of the bargaining exchange process is sketched out. Second, an input model describing the structures, processes and…

The author enters a plea for educators to use their new-found muscle to effect important curricular and methods changes in their schools. (Editor)

Proposals and trends considered in the recent NEA representative assembly. (JF)

Teachers are becoming more politically aware and active. They are being stimulated by their organizations to take up the cudgel for or against political candidates and legislative proposals. (Author)

To investigate the impact of teacher militancy on principals, a questionnaire was administered to 121 principals from four selected Indiana cities that had experienced either teacher strikes or sanctions within the past 5 years. Although a majority of the principals responding were undecided as to the relative effectiveness of sanctions or…