Laws requiring public employers to bargain collectively with their employees have existed in many states for a number of years. It was not until 1974 that public employees in the state of Florida gained the right to bargain collectively. / During the first two years of collective bargaining between the teachers of Escambia County, Florida, and the school board, many conflicts developed. These conflicts resulted in the two parties not being able to reach agreement on a contract for the first two years. / Florida Statutes, Chapter 447, required the parties to collective bargaining to bargain in good faith and refrain from conduct that created an unfair advantage to either party. In Escambia County the school board, during the first two years, was found to be guilty of bad faith bargaining and an unfair labor practice by the Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC) and First District Court of Appeal. PERC and the court based their decision on the fact that the board (1) refused to deduct association dues from its employees as required by law, (2) refused to bargain collectively in good faith with the Escambia Education Association, and (3) coerced, threatened and interfered with employees and the exercise of their rights guaranteed to them by the statutes (District Court of Appeal Case No. cc245, 1977; PERC order No. 75-E-6-31 Case No. 8H-RC-754-1015, 1975). / During the second three years of bargaining in Escambia County, the board did not have a single conflict that required third party intervention. / Eight selected individuals, familiar with the bargaining process during the time period covered by this study, were asked to give their views, by way of a questionnaire, on how the bargaining process progressed the first two years compared to the second three years. There was unanimous agreement among these respondents that the board and the teachers profited over the second three years because the board approached the bargaining process in good faith with a sincere desire not to interfere with the rights of the teachers guaranteed by Florida Statute. / This action of the board resulted in the board and the teachers reaching a collective bargaining agreement during each of the second three years. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-06, Section: A, page: 1769. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74838 |
| Contributors | HUGHES, ULYSSES., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 247 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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