Negotiating indoor air-case report on negotiation of teachers' union, school board on air contaminants.
School districts increasingly understand the need for an indoor air quality plan, but may have difficulty in producing a plan that all necessary parties will accept. This article provides a case study of how one Massachusetts school district, after experiencing environmental problems in an elementary school, worked with parents and unions to develop a comprehensive indoor air quality plan.
Gibson
Sarah
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Law Office of Sarah Gibson, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. sgibson@sgibsonlaw.com
Levenstein
Charles
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