A Collaborative Approach to Collective Bargaining.

From: School Administrator | Date: March 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Two School Districts Find a Way to Put Boards and Unions on the Same Fiscal Page

What if a board of education could cap labor costs to fit within a balanced annual budget and available revenues?

What if a school district's labor union could manage its own financial affairs without exposing the board to debt?

What if both labor and management had common fiscal goals such that discussions about money consistently were collaborative rather than adversarial?

Pie in the sky? Perhaps not.

Two modestly sized school districts in Illinois--one with a strong property ...

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