Opinions on whether a new tort should be recognized to compensate victims of discrimination for their mental suffering are hopelessly split. The conflict will very likely continue until the Supreme Court takes a definitive step to resolve the issue. (Author/IRT)

The forthcoming Equal Employment Opportunity Commission affirmative action guidelines are designed to encourage voluntary compliance. They seek to establish a rational system designed to identify the effects of discrimination in the work place. Case law points to work force analysis as a base for government approved action. (Author/IRT)

Examines the background of union security clause (specifically agency shop), analyzes arguments for and against it, details problems remaining after the U.S. Supreme Court's 1977 decision on Abood vs. Detroit Board of Education, and offers some suggestions for the future. (Author/PKP)

Outlines five approaches to the use of court injunctions to end public employee work stoppages. The current use of injunctions seriously impedes free and open collective bargaining. (Author/IRT)

Available from Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646; Single copy, $3.00. (IRT)

Discusses common problems involved in collective bargaining for public employees and recommends a number of changes in public employee labor relations laws that can help resolve those problems. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646; single copy, $3.00. (JG)

Analyzes the decisions state courts have made on the scope of bargaining in teacher negotiations by examining the factors influencing the courts, examining the philosophical approaches courts have adopted, and studying and comparing representative examples of the results reached. (Author/IRT)

Reviews state supreme court rulings on constitutionality issues raised by compulsory arbitration for public employees. Cases are reviewed for the states of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Maine, Michigan, New York, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Washington. Concludes that courts have generally upheld the constitutionality of such…

Examines the rationales for both including and excluding supervisory and administrative personnel from collective bargaining, the historical contexts of these positions, and how the issues have been dealt with by statutes and interpretive decisions in different states. (Author/IRT)

Traces the evolving judicial standards on employment tests and applications, beginning with the Supreme Court decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. through the Court's more recent decision in Washington v. Davis. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 S.W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646, $3.00 single copy. (Author/JG)

Analyzes the significance of the "Krispy Kreme" decision which provides tens of millions of employees with a federal remedy against retailiatory discharge. The case raises a fundamental question of federalism for it may collide with state remedies. (Author/IRT)

Describes the overall intent of Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act and the labor relations provisions finally enacted by Congress. (Author/IRT)

Argues that a carefully drafted amendment to the National Labor Relations Act can withstand constitutional challenge and that the standards set forth in "League of Cities" can be met. (Author/IRT)

The spending clause of the Fourteenth Amendment would be the preferred basis for passage of a federal statute granting collective bargaining rights to state and municipal employees. It is the only constitutional provision under which the federal government would not be forcing a regulation on the state. (Author/IRT)

Reflects the special considerations in affecting, rather than merely evaluating, the outcome of constitutional litigation over federal regulation of state and local government labor relations. (Author/IRT)