Discusses recent developments in public sector unionism and argues that collective bargaining for supervisors is workable and politically feasible. Presents results of a national survey of collective bargaining laws and unions among public school administrators and supervisors, and examines the possible direction of future federal legislation.…

This theme issue of the newsletter provides an analysis of faculty union organizing and agent elections involving the American Association of University Professors, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers and their local affiliates. Activity levels of independent unions, "no-agent" elections,…

This newsletter issue provides an analysis of faculty union organizing and agent elections involving the American Association of University Professors, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers and their local affiliates. Activity levels of independent unions, "no-agent" elections, decertifications, and…

A directory on unionization among college faculty for 1979 is presented. It is noted that faculty unionization continues to grow at a stabilized annual rate of approximately 20 new bargaining agents per year. By the end of 1979, 406 faculty unions were recognized as having bargaining agents for faculty and staff and more than 330 collective…

Statistical data on U.S. and Canadian college faculty contracts and bargaining agents are presented. Within each state, information is presented for selected colleges on: the bargaining agent, unit size, the year current agent was elected, year the initial contract was signed, 2-year or 4-year college status, number of campuses, contract…

Developments in the area of academic collective bargaining are examined. Issues pertaining to interest and final offer arbitration are discussed, with attention to authority of judicial arbitrators and interest arbitrators, standards for the interest arbitrator, and public sector problems. Information on strikes in the fall of 1980 indicate no…

Reviews the development of faculty collective bargaining in public higher education, as affected by federal and state constitutions and laws. Anticipates future trends. Topics covered include bargaining, organizing, determining the bargaining unit, negotiation agreements and impasses, administering the agreement, and relations between bargaining…

Designed to help school business managers understand management-labor relations, this handbook outlines a managerial approach to negotiations designed to protect the local educational agency's needs. The principles and philosophy of negotiations as well as its legal setting are presented in the introduction and first two chapters. Chapters 3, 4,…

Economic, technological, and political changes have created a new employment relationship characterized by an externalized labor market, more tenuous ties between workers and employers, and growing wage inequality. To date, policymakers have sought to address these problems through a supply-side approach focused on education and training. What is…

The evolution of jobs and the job market in the United States was examined in a 3-year project during which a task force consisting of 25 representatives of the education, labor, business, and policy sectors organized 17 workshops and commissioned working papers from experts. The project began by examining how recent changes in the world of work…

The current conditions of home workers in the garment industry in Toronto, Canada, were examined through in-depth telephone interviews with 30 Chinese-speaking immigrant women who were employed as home workers in 1999. The paper dicusses the formal training and informal learning experiences of immigrant woman who are garment workers. A comparison…