Summarized testimony heard at the public hearings held by the Educational Service Region of Cook County (March 1, 1973) is presented in this document. In addition to being printed in narrative form, the comments are also analyzed in tables according to content and response to key issues centered around collective bargaining. An opening letter by…

Discusses judicial interpretations of Pennsylvania's Public Employee Relations Act which created the right of public school teachers to strike. (JF)

Discusses the experience of the Philadelphia School Board with the Public Employee Relations Act which permits public school teacher strikes. (JF)

One of the drafters of the Public Employee Relations Act discusses Pennsylvania's experience with the new right to strike clause in the Act. (EA)

Discusses some of the reasoning behind instigation of the Pennsylvania Public Employee Relations Act which permits public school teacher strikes. (JF)

Oakland University, Michigan, is perhaps the first 4-year institution at which professors went on strike for better salary and working conditions. (Author/HS)

The problems encountered by a student teacher during a school strike are discussed. (CK)

The pros and cons of the right of public school teachers to strike are examined. (CK)

Discusses background, development, and results of a recent teaching assistants' strike at the University of Wisconsin. (LR)

Briefly describes types of binding arbitration that various states have adopted as a means of preventing teacher strikes. (IRT)

Examines some of the issues that came out of a three-day national conference sponsored by the National School Volunteer Program, Inc. (IRT)