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Journal
Journal of Collective Negotiations
ISSN
2167-7816 (print) 2167-7824 (electronic)
Volume
7
Issue
3
Date
9/1/1978

Article Facts

Title
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAWS AND TEACHER STRIKES
DOI
10.2190/9UUF-7X62-8U6K-N8LG
Author
DAVID L. COLTON
Online Date
05/09/2002

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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAWS AND TEACHER STRIKES

DAVID L. COLTON

DOI: 10.2190/9UUF-7X62-8U6K-N8LG

Abstract

A study conducted by the Public Service Research Council concluded that adoption of public employee bargaining statutes causes an increase in public employee strikes. Several methodological flaws in the study are reported; in addition the "nonpartisan" posture of the Public Service Research Council is questioned. A partial replication of the Council's study was conducted using teacher strike data. The study was designed to overcome methodological flaws found in the initial study. The replication suggests some nonstatutory factors that may strongly affect the incidence of teacher strikes, and fails to find any meaningful correlation between adoption of a bargaining statute and the incidence of teacher strikes.

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