HOW PARTICIPANTS IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN CALIFORNIA PERCEIVE THE INTERESTS OF TEACHERS IN RELATION TO OTHER GROUPS
DAVID STERN AND KATE BAGLEY
DOI: 10.2190/LLGG-QJ8B-6JX8-5PPE
Abstract
This paper presents results of interviews with forty-four individuals in eight California school districts, in March 1978. All respondents had been directly involved in collective negotiation of teachers' contracts on either the district or teachers' side. They were asked to compare specific provisions of the most recent teachers' contract with the corresponding practice in their district before the 1975 collective bargaining law took effect. They were also asked about the likely effects of certain hypothetical changes in the legal framework of collective bargaining. The responses show both sides tend to impute their own interests to students and the community. Consequently, on some issues they present conflicting views of what is good for students and the community. In the era of Proposition 13, failure to represent accurately the interests of these constituencies in public collective bargaining may increase the likelihood of more drastic action by the voters.
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