Recent research and theory on collective bargaining focuses on bargaining attitudes and behaviors. Walton and McKersie divided all bargaining into distributive and integrative. Distributive bargaining is competitive and based on an assumption of conflict of interest. Integrative bargaining is cooperative and based on the theory that power can be…

This report by the Comptroller General of the United States is a review of the Antilles Consolidated School System (ACSS) in Puerto Rico. ACSS, operated by the Department of the Navy, provides free education to children of certain federal employees. The paper reviews the condition of ACSS facilities and efforts to improve it as well as overall…

This series of questions and answers is intended to educate public sector labor relations practitioners about the process of collective bargaining. It describes fundamental concepts of the bargaining process itself such as scope of bargaining and good faith bargaining. It gives detailed instuctions on how to best prepare for collective bargaining…

If the disadvantaged student is to have extended educational opportunities, programs of special relevance must be set up for him. His lack of skill is a cultural problem, not necessarily an intellectual one. Two programs leading to careers in social service, along with their attraction for students and the allocation of resources for their…

The hearing considered two bills, H.R. 2162 introduced by Charles Wilson of California, and H.R. 3522 by C. W. Bill Young of Florida, which authorize any officer or employee of the United States to accept the voluntary services of certain students for the United States. This was advocated by President Ford in his commencement address to the Ohio…

Criteria and guidelines are suggested for evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of inservice training programs for use in administrative review of staff development in state and local departments of public welfare. Inservice education is treated as an essential, integral, and continuous part of agency administration. The content of orientation…

This study presents estimates of the wage elasticities of demand for state and local government employees. Almost uniformly each functional category of state and local government employee's employment level is shown to be statistically significantly negatively related to the category real and relative wage level. However, the magnitude of these…

This study presents statistical information gained from a survey of women employed full-time in Federal civilian collar employment as of October 31, 1971 in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the 50 states and the territories of the U.S., and foreign countries. Excluded from the survey are members and employees of the Congress, employees of…

In this hearing, Congressman John R. Rarick (Louisiana) helped put forth a concurrent resolution that each officer or employee of the Federal Government residing and working in the District of Columbia should send his children to the D. C. Public Schools. Congressman Rarick, and William Robinson from the District of Columbia government, were among…

This publication contains statistical data on applicants for disability benefits under the Social Security Act. Tables containing data through 1966 are provided for worker and childhood disability allowances and refusals. Individual and summary statistics are given for the applicants, who are classified by characteristics such as age, sex,…

As part of a four-volume study of manpower for state highway safety programs over the next decade, this first volume deals with manpower requirements, according to types and numbers of needed safety specialists. Interviews conducted during field visits to all 50 states provided state estimates, and provided data for calculating estimates of…

This final volume of a four-volume report on highway safety manpower includes conclusions and recommendations regarding prospects for staffing individual programs, with emphasis on the adequacy of both manpower resources and training capacity. The data indicate that reaching maximum staffing levels by 1977 is unlikely, although minimum levels…

The primary purpose of the study was to develop a military reference on the rearranged workweek, especially the four-day, forty-hour arrangement. In the research an extensive review of pertinent literature was accomplished to provide the necessary background to properly evaluate the military four-day, forty-hour workweek experience at McGuire Air…