Teachers occupy a special and high role in our traditional culture. However, due to recent westernization, the role of teachers as mentors and fathers has tended to become more like professionals and laborers. Upon the enactment of Teachers¡¦ Act in 1995, teachers in Taiwan began to own the right of organizing associations, although there is still some significant gap from labor unions. This research studies how the teachers participate in the teacher¡¦s association and the recognition and intention of teachers in joining the teachers¡¦ unions. Teachers¡¦ unions, as yet illegal, is a process of social movement, in which mobilization of members, resources and ideology, and the solidarity of members, are all crucial for the possible success of Teachers¡¦ Unions. Adopting the methods of questionnaires and in-depth interviews, using teachers from two comprehensive high schools in Kaohsiung area as samples, this research applies for SPSS, and use statistic methods such as descriptive statistics, t-test, correlations, one-way ANOVA, chi-square test, reliability test, factor analysis and logistic regression, to examine how demographic attributes, teachers¡¦ cognition on their roles, teachers¡¦ cognition about the functions of Teachers¡¦ Association and Teachers¡¦ Union, as well as teachers¡¦ cognition on the Labor Act, on their intention of joining Teachers¡¦ Union. The results show that, being a member of the Teachers¡¦ Association is the most important and consistent predictor of teachers¡¦ intention in joining the Teachers¡¦ Union. As for the impact of teachers¡¦ cognition on their role, contrary to traditional knowledge, those who see teachers as more of ¡§sacred teachers¡¨ tend more likely to join Teachers¡¦ Union. Those who consider ¡¥rights protection¡¦ and ¡¥professional image¡¦ as important functions of Teachers¡¦ Association, tend more likely to join the Teachers¡¦ Union, whereas no impact was found on the function of ¡¥strike¡¦. On the other hand, teachers¡¦ perspective on the functions of Teachers¡¦ Association has no any impact on their intention of joining Teachers¡¦ Union. Finally, teachers who see ¡¥the right of negotiation¡¦ and ¡¥the right of strike¡¦ as more important for the Teachers¡¦ Union, tend more likely to join the Teachers¡¦ Union.

Whether the law of labor union should be loosened for teachers organizing trade union? As the certain three rights of physical labor¡ÐRight to organize¡BRight of collective bargaining¡Band Right to dispute. Hereby we observe and discuss if teachers ought to have the above mentioned three rights of physical labor? What the difference in the orientation and function between the Teacher¡¦s labor union, which are organized according to Teachers¡¦ Law and The Law of Labor Union? The teachers, as the predominant role of the certain right, what¡¦s their exact attitude to these issues? This research regards the Pingtung County teachers, who are working in the primary schools. By means of research results to understand Pingtung county teachers¡¦ attitude regarding to organize union, and take it for the authority to organize teacher¡¦s union and further amend law in the future. The result of research reflects some points as below. The first, most of the teachers identify themselves as professional people. Secondly, to organize the labor union gets mostly teachers¡¦ support. Thirdly, teacher¡¦s labor union can exert collective bargaining right to strive for teachers¡¦ rights. Fourthly, regarding if the teacher labor union have the strike right , teachers¡¦ attitude totally difference into two opposing extremes. Fifthly, teacher¡¦s attitude of ¡§politics participation¡¨ is comparatively conservative than the ¡§society participation¡¨. The researcher proposes the following policy suggestion. The first, enhance the promotion to the teachers regarding teacher¡¦s labor education and labor three laws, and actively cultivate executive people and members¡¦ ability of collective negotiation. Secondly, concretely advance the function of teachers¡¦ labor union, in order to clarify the difference from current existed labor union, furthermore encourage teachers¡¦ identification. Thirdly, quickly establish the related rules of collective negotiation. Fourthly, to hasten to form a complete set of measures of teachers¡¦ strike right , such like the range¡Bprocedures and so on. Fifthly, to make every effort to process ¡§politics participation¡¨ and ¡§society participation¡¨ with cooperation or form an alliance methods . Suggestion to the follow-up researches are, first, aim at the teachers who works for private school to process the research of organizing teacher¡¦s labor union. Secondly, aim at the teachers, who are engaged preschool education. Thirdly, aim to the teacher labor union, to do the further research about the detailed operations.