Collective bargaining.Research by the Program on Education Policy and Government at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. found that the current teacher collective bargaining agreements The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. are keeping schools from hiring and maintaining the best and brightest teachers in the field. The results of the bargaining processes are too often incompatible incompatible adj. 1) inconsistent. 2) unmatching. 3) unable to live together as husband and wife due to irreconcilable differences. In no-fault divorce states, if one of the spouses desires to end the marriage, that fact proves incompatibility, and a divorce with providing a high-quality education for all students. Superintendents and school boards should chart a new course by working with union leaders to modify collective bargaining agreements on several key fronts. Copies of the report, "A Better Bargain: Overhauling Teacher Collective Bargaining collective bargaining, in labor relations, procedure whereby an employer or employers agree to discuss the conditions of work by bargaining with representatives of the employees, usually a labor union. for the 21st Century," are available at 617-495-7976 or at pepg_administrator@ksg.harvard.edu. |
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