This article traces the history of union involvement in learning and skills policy from the neo-corporatism of the 1960s and 1970s through the voluntarism of the 1980s and 1990s to the present "post-voluntary" era. It sets out the political background against which the development of union learning representatives can be contextualised.…

Comments on J. Pisapia's "The Open Bargaining Model" and asks that before structural changes are made in the bargaining process that Pisapia's list of trilateral practices be investigated and analyzed carefully as to the implications and impacts of each practice over time. (Author/MLF)

Identifies issues related to the scope and content of bargaining at three levels of state government: statewide negotiations, departmental negotiations, and delivery system negotiations. The aim of the approach is to facilitate governmental innovation and productivity. (Author/IRT)

Analyzes J. Pisapia's "The Open Bargaining Model" and indicates its utility in reviewing recent developments in California where "bargaining models" have been the subject of intense experimentation with public sector employees. (Author/MLF)

Defines and establishes a common framework to observe, describe, and assess modifications in the public sector bargaining model that hold great promise to incorporate all groups having vital interests in the reallocation of resources through collective bargaining. (Author/MLF)

Based on executive order 11491 dealing with continued recognition of the collective rights of Federal employees, a systems model for labor management negotiations is developed. The evolution of the collective bargaining system is diagramed schematically and is being tested with the Air Force system of industrial relations. (DS)

Describes a model for communication training in bargaining and negotiation skills. The model was designed for enforcement officers who collect delinquent taxes but can be adapted for clients in other public and private organizations. (PD)

This report describes a practicum project that designed, developed, and implemented a model collective bargaining procedure for use by educators in small and medium-sized districts in florida. Section 1 of the report presents a brief historical perspective on collective bargaining for teachers in the U.S. and public employee bargaining in Florida,…

Collective bargaining is a process influenced by many factors. A review of the literature, including an assessment of Dunlop's, Smythe's, Levinson's, and Craig's models, indicates that most models of collective bargaining are partial, dealing only with some of the components of the bargaining process. A model of educational collective bargaining…

This publication presents a model public employee collective bargaining law that is intended to aid educational administrators in securing the passage of collective bargaining legislation that protects administrators' management prerogatives while safeguarding the legitimate representational rights of public employees. The model law is written to…

Manpower training and upgrading programs have negative secondary effects upon regular employees. A review of the literature and empirical research on these negative effects indicated that no model has yet been devised and tested to measure these negative effects. This paper suggests a preliminary model for the evaluation of the disruptive effects…