Explicit marital negotiation is analyzed in terms of a three-stage model. Disparity between partners in possession of context variables influences bargaining strategies. The point is made that current negotiations have inevitably been influenced by prior bargaining and outcomes, and that current negotiations and outcomes provide the context for…

Offers a conceptual model based on two encompassing perspectives: (1) negotiating as a set of dilemmas that are derived from the "cooperation-fighting" polarity and (2) negotiating as a composition of four kinds of activities, each connected to a different intention. (Author)

After attaining a collective bargaining contract with New York City in 1960, the United Federation of Teachers worked successfully to improve salaries and working conditions. But in the aftermath of the 1975 fiscal crisis, the more equitable participation of teachers in policymaking has emerged as a clear goal. (KH)

Argues that present methods of public-sector collective bargaining, modeled as they are after private-sector bilateral negotiations, do not adequately reflect the pluralistic nature of the many publics affected by such negotiations. Describes four multilevel models for pluralist bargaining and calls for formalized public participation in public…

The directory begins with a summary of unionization activities among college faculty for the 1989 calendar year. It is concluded that there were no significant events in academic collective bargaining during the year, with faculty unions concentrating resources on servicing their members and preserving affiliations. The faculty contracts and…

Resolution processes as provided for in complaint, grievance, and arbitration procedures found in collective bargaining agreements in four-year colleges and universities are reviewed. There is a variance in collective bargaining agreement definitions of a grievance and of a complaint. A common definition of a grievance and a complaint and some…

An analysis of higher education collective bargaining agreements reveals that the question of faculty productivity is addressed almost exclusively in terms of workload, with the emphasis on efforts that are quantifiable. These workloads are defined in terms of minimums and maximums. Typically each agreement defines in specific terms what the…

This autobiography recounts personal experiences as a college professor and administrator (President of the University of Michigan) during the 1960s to the early 1980s. The 17 chapters discuss early years growing up in Illinois; college years; employment with the federal government; enlistment in the Army; the war in Germany; the end of the war,…

This report presents a history and overview of the collective bargaining process and trade unions in the Federal Republic of Germany. Topics covered include the following: (1) social partners--trade unions and the employers' associations; (2) the history of free collective bargaining; (3) free collective bargaining after World War II; (4) the…

Major collective bargaining agreements in 1984 resulted in modest settlements, due to concern about foreign competition, domestic deregulation, and inflation. Agreements occurred in the following industries: auto, soft coal, airlines, aircraft and aerospace, construction, petroleum refining, longshore industry, railroads, trucking, steel, West…