(115 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1701)
Sec. 1.
Policy.
It is the public policy of this State and the purpose
of this Act to promote orderly and constructive relationships between all
educational employees and their employers. Unresolved disputes between the
educational employees and their employers are injurious to the public, and
the General Assembly is therefore aware that adequate means must be established
for minimizing them and providing for their resolution.
It is the purpose of this Act to regulate labor relations between
educational employers and educational employees, including the designation
of educational employee representatives, negotiation of wages, hours and
other conditions of employment and resolution of disputes arising under
collective bargaining agreements. The General Assembly recognizes that
substantial differences exist between educational employees and other
public employees as a result of the uniqueness of the educational work
calendar and educational work duties and the traditional and historical
patterns of collective bargaining between educational employers and
educational employees and that such differences demand statutory regulation
of collective bargaining between educational employers and educational
employees in a manner that recognizes these differences. Recognizing that
harmonious relationships are required between educational employees and
their employers, the General Assembly has determined that the overall policy
may best be accomplished by (a) granting to educational employees the right
to organize and choose freely their representatives; (b) requiring educational
employers to negotiate and bargain with employee organizations representing
educational employees and to enter into written agreements evidencing the
result of such bargaining; and (c) establishing procedures to provide for
the protection of the rights of the educational employee, the educational
employer and the public.
(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)
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