Reports on a study of the effect of unionization on faculty salaries in California community colleges. Finds small effects during initial stages of bargaining but no significant long-term positive effects. Identifies geographic location, size, and percentage of male faculty as more significant predictors of district-level salaries. (MAH)

Surveys the legal status of union security in the public sector and indicates that the basic policy options are to limit union security to the voluntary dues check-off, to authorize the parties to negotiate union or agency shop agreements, or to establish a mandatory fee for the exclusive representative. (Author/IRT)

Examines related private sector literature on union response to declining labor demand and develops hypotheses about the future of education labor-management relations in the context of declining education labor demand. (Author)

Concludes that the positions of the American Association of University Professors, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers on the inclusion of department chairmen in bargaining units vary from case to case and that organizational preferences may be overruled by state and national labor boards. (Author/IRT)

Presents an overview of the history, current status, and trends in federal sector labor relations as seen through the executive order system. (Author)

A study of the National Union of Teachers' officers in Israel revealed that the key indicators of militancy among teachers were sex (male), perceptions of too much centralization in the union structure, dissatisfaction with union attainment of goals, and extent of sensitivity to public hostility toward teachers. (Author/WD)

Reviews state labor legislation passed or debated in 1975 and early 1976. Also describes the impact of amending laws on the current labor picture and evident trends in public attitudes toward public employees. For availability, see EA 507 548. (Author)

Presents an overview of research into public teacher unionization. Describes the nature of research versus opinion, discusses types of existing research, and examines results and trends of some of the research done since 1962. (For availability see EA 507 083.) (Author/JG)

Collective bargaining in public higher education is examined in terms of enabling legislation, bargaining unit differences, and problems of personnel composition. Areas of difference are then analyzed on a geographical basis of single-campus, horizontal-multiple-campus, and vertical-multiple-campus organization. (MLF)

Unionized and nonunionized faculty in Pennsylvania are compared on six facet-specific dimensions of job satisfaction. Results indicate that unionized faculty are significantly more satisfied on four of the six dimensions as compared with nonunionized faculty. (MLF)

Analysis showed that student dissatisfaction with the level of influence in collegiate decision-making correlated with the students' professed willingness to join a union. (Author/IRT)

Investigates the importance of the campaign process in contested faculty representation elections in higher education. Based on its findings, a model for a successful faculty unionization campaign is offered. (Author/IRT)

To determine how the Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) teachers feel about unions and collective bargaining activities, 150 questionnaires were distributed. Major findings from 83 respondents were that low satisfaction with wages and unfair treatment are associated with feelings that teachers' strikes are legitimate and with high evaluation of unions. (MLF)

Notes that the duty of fair representation in the public sector is the same as in the private and argues that expanding the former to include liability for negligent representation is one method of accommodating conflicting interests in a constitutionally compatible manner. (Author/IRT)