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)

Hawaii is one of only two jurisdictions with a law requiring that in every bargaining unit in the public sector, every employee--whether a member or not--must pay a service fee to the exclusive bargaining representative. This article examines the history of this novel legislation and its problems. (Author/DS)

Summarizes the history of bargaining units formed to represent professional employees and presents the results of a survey of officers of 40 professional staff unions. These unions resemble conventional unions in bargaining issues such as job security and salaries and in their relationship with management. They differ in their infrequent use of…

Bargaining and budget making have their own dynamics yet neither can ignore the other. To the degree that legislation would reduce uncertainties, both processes would be facilitated. (MS)

Examines the impact of collective bargaining on salary setting in public school districts. The author focuses on the roles of (1) salary comparisons between districts and (2) districts' ability and willingness to pay. No evidence is found that ability and willingness to pay influenced salary. Interdistrict salary comparisons significantly…

Investigates the bargaining effects of the decisions made by school boards in Pennsylvania whether to reschedule teacher strike days to qualify for state aid. Hypothesizes that strikes are more likely to occur in districts where teachers expect strike days to be rescheduled. (JOW)

The authors explain how interaction analysis can extend existing methods of analyzing negotiations by examining economic bargaining theories. They code the transcript of a negotiation using two coding schemes and apply Markov chain analysis to the results. (Author/SK)

Examines support for militant action among the employees of a public assistance agency in which negotiations were occurring over a first contract. A questionnaire survey obtained information on whether employees were willing to strike over various issues during negotiations and whether they would participate in certain work actions, such as…