Collective Bargaining

Collective bargaining is under attack across America, and New Jersey is no exception.  New Jersey has a long history of public sector collective bargaining rights, going back more than 40 years.  NJEA members and others fought hard to have a say in their salary, benefits and working conditions, and we will fight any attempt to subvert those rights or take them away.

Resources

• NJEA Collective Bargaining Manual 

Research

• Economic Policy Institute (EPI) study: The Teaching Penalty: An update through 2010,  finds that public elementary and secondary school teachers continue to be undercompensated relative to comparably-educated workers.
• The Effects of Collective Bargaining on Teacher Quality
• Getting it right: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from Research on Public Sector Unionism and Collective Bargaining
• Out of Balance: Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation Over 20 Years
• The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees
• Are New Jersey Public Employees Overpaid?
• NJ public sector workers are undercompensated compared with private sector counterparts
• Debunking the myth of the overcompensated public employee: The evidence