Lists activities to expect from teachers before and during a teacher strike. (IRT)

Reports on the annual meetings of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Compares this year's issues to the political themes of last year's meetings. (WD)

A study of the National Union of Teachers' officers in Israel revealed that the key indicators of militancy among teachers were sex (male), perceptions of too much centralization in the union structure, dissatisfaction with union attainment of goals, and extent of sensitivity to public hostility toward teachers. (Author/WD)

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

The proposed federal collective bargaining laws would establish the federal government as the final arbiter in labor disputes between teachers and school boards and force boards to bargain matters of educational policy with their employees. (Author/IRT)

Reviews issues raised at conventions of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. (IRT)

The research reported here, on teacher contract negotiations, was conducted in response to the observation that teachers' bargaining agents are frequently uncertain about the aspirations, goals, and commitments of those they represent. It describes a short questionnaire that may be used in teacher contract negotiations to assess what the…

Teachers strike for economic and political reasons. (Author/IRT)

To determine how the Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) teachers feel about unions and collective bargaining activities, 150 questionnaires were distributed. Major findings from 83 respondents were that low satisfaction with wages and unfair treatment are associated with feelings that teachers' strikes are legitimate and with high evaluation of unions. (MLF)

Data from 300 randomly selected K-12 teachers employed in 1979-80 in the Jefferson Parish (Louisiana) Public Schools revealed 10 predictor variables that substantially differentiated striking and nonstriking teachers. (Author/WD)

A sample of 524 elementary and 816 secondary teachers was used to evaluate the plausibility of 7 models of teacher militancy concerning issues of workplace control. The more plausible models are those that explain militancy as a function of the extent of teachers' integration into the organization and their affective response to organizational…