Florida Collective Bargaining Agreement Between School District and Community Teachers' Association
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Traditional teacher strikes occur when a teachers union and a school district cannot come to an agreement around various work issues through a process known as collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is legal for teachers in 34 states, optional in an additional 10 states, and illegal in seven states.
Section 447.605, Florida Statutes, requires that collective bargaining negotiations between a chief executive officer, or his or her representative, and a bargaining agent shall be in compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Law.
Teachers, as with other public employees, do not have the constitutional right to collectively bargain (that is for the states to decide). But the First Amendment does provide that people have the right to "peaceably assemble," which includes the right to join a union (if not as a vehicle for collective bargaining).
Negotiations may be private. The sunshine clause of the Rodda Act requires that each party's initial bargaining proposal be presented for public comment at a publicized school board meeting.
Collective bargaining gives educators a voice in their workplace. It helps assure fair wages and benefits, im- proving teacher recruitment and retention. Educators also negotiate better teaching and learning conditions.
STATE POLICY: This section addresses whether a state has a collective bargaining law. Currently, 35 states have such laws.
Teachers, as with other public employees, do not have the constitutional right to collectively bargain (that is for the states to decide). But the First Amendment does provide that people have the right to "peaceably assemble," which includes the right to join a union (if not as a vehicle for collective bargaining).
Florida has such a law on the books in its Constitution, which states that employees' right to bargain collectively through a labor union shall not be denied or abridged. It should be noted that Florida's constitution also denies state employees the right to strike.
State legislators in Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin launched unprecedented initiatives substantially restricting or entirely prohibiting the collective bargaining rights of public-sector employees, including public-school teachers.
Chapter 447, Florida Statutes, regulates labor organizations and collective bargaining for public employees in Florida.
