Different methods which can be used to manually sort and file cards are identified. No appreciable difference in time per card to sort and file was found between the backwards method and the optimal forwards sort. (Author/NH)

A series of articles discusses the responsibility of the state for the work of educational organizations. Traces the history of this support in Finland and Sweden from the 1920s to the present. Details the history of the Labour Party in Finland as a significant factor in the development of these educational organizations. (NJ)

Recent sports labor disputes emphasize unionism and collective action, not individual negotiations. Legal and economic parallels between the 1982 National Football League strike, the Los Angeles Raiders antitrust case, and the importance of collective bargaining to football players are discussed. (SR)

Reviewed are the most significant legal issues affecting labor relations in education. Concerns involving agency shop, duty of fair representation, impasse arbitration, tenure, and curriculum (what it should or should not contain) are summarized. (MD)

Unions and their membership are listening and yielding to economic realities. This article examines the process of concession bargaining and its likely outcomes. The process includes establishing the rationale for reopening the current agreement, timing, special proposals, unions' concerns, and areas for mutual agreement. (Author/MLF)

A series of three articles provides an overview of workers' education in Latin America; describes the Italian "150 Hours" program--a system of adult education; and outlines the educational activities of the labour college of the Central Organisation of trade unions in Kenya. (SK)

The history of the Social Security system is presented and its economic health is examined in three time frames. The Administration's actions toward the system are detailed along with the American labor movement's actions in this area. (Availability: AFL-CIO, 815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006). (CT)

Reports on the annual meetings of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Compares this year's issues to the political themes of last year's meetings. (WD)

Discusses the usefulness and importance of international labor standards for workers; workers' participation in the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) standard-setting activities and in the implementation of international labor standards; and the ILO's procedures of supervision. (CT)

School psychologists' concerns about collective bargaining issues are examined: organizational model; fair representation; unit alignment; the negotiation process and professional concerns; and the delegation of decision-making power. An example of a cooperative approach which overcomes some of these problems is presented. (MH)

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

In the 1970s, public employee unions consciously modeled their objectives, strategies, and behavior on private sector unions. With refinements, the private sector model is working well in the public sector. (Author/IRT)

Presents a framework for examining the different political power of state associations of administrators and school boards and teachers unions in Michigan. (EF)

Presents an analysis of the forces motivating the union and the board of education in the 1979 Washington, D.C. teachers' strike. (IRT)

Criticizes a federally funded Rand Corporation study ("Organized Teachers in American Schools") for being naive and biased and for not being true research. (IRT)