This article deals with the historical and legal elements surrounding the unsuccessful attempt at faculty unionization at New York University. Of particular import are the issues surrounding unit inclusions and exclusions, especially the exclusion of part-time faculty. Another consideration was the active campaigning of the UFCT (United Federation…

This document analyzes the union movement among higher education faculty members; why it has been successful in some institutions and a failure in others; why the different unions and professional organizations appeal to different factions within the faculty; how administrators, students, and legislators have responded to unionization, and other…

Students have changed since 1815, when they were expected to reiterate what they learned in the classroom and were discouraged from having ideas of their own. Today's student is seriously concerned about his education and how it will prepare him for the future; he is no longer just a spectator at a lecture, and knows that education is not…

Effective ways to lead a discussion, developed in the OEO Trade Union Leadership Training Program for New England, are presented in this guide. General suggestions are followed by specific discussion outlines for these topics: what is poverty and why, the poor and the welfare system, rural poverty, the community power structure, the Kerner Report…

In this paper the authors survey the literature surrounding the changing role of faculty in governing academic institutions and controlling their own welfare. The review of materials goes back to 1920, documenting the concern of the professoriate for achieving some form of participative governance in higher education generally, but junior college…

This collection of documents contains the following: (1) Proposal to Implement a Plan to Create a Retrospective Union of Books Based on Library of Congress Card Numbers in Selected Lousiana Libraries Using a Computer to Sort and Print the numbers; (2) Proposal to Create a Retrospective Union Catalog of Books in Participating Louisiana Libraries…

This document presents a bibliography on the status of collective bargaining in higher education, with specific focus on the literature related to the problems of employee organization and collective bargaining. Given particular emphasis are analyses of the activities of university faculty members rather than those of nonacademic personnel. The…

Directions in the use of forms used by libraries to facilitate the interlibrary lending of newspapers, theses, books, and periodicals comprise the main body of this report. Numerous reproduced forms and worksheets illustrate these clerical aspects of loan procedures. A Library of Congress listing of union catalogs, library and publishers'…

This is a summary of a conference that sought to define current issues relating to jobs and the environment in order to develop specific ways for unions, environmental groups, and other community organizations to work together for environmental quality and economic justice. The conference was intended to share information, develop skills, develop…

There are many similarities in collective bargaining as it is carried on in different types of political subdivisions. Where organizations are competing for the right to represent a group of workers, the concept of "majority rules" generally prevails. The election and designation of a specific bargaining unit occasionally needs clarification in…

The findings excerpted from a paper indicate that student involvement is moderately associated with organizational complexity, faculty strikes, and increased tuition and fees. Multilateralism (independent third party involvement in the faculty union bargaining process) is more closely related to the service and consumer aspects of higher education…

The paper reviewed some of the major trends in Navajo labor relations and recounted some new and rather promising attitudes in the Navajo work force. (Author/NQ)

The author examines the union-organizing drive and discusses a number of tactics that a firm can use to counteract the union once its drive is underway. Some of the points discussed are how to respond to a union demand for recognition, how to train supervisors and managers to handle these demands, and how to deal with information and solicitation.…

The author suggests that labor education, by its organization through trade unions, is clearly distinguished from general adult education activities, although workers obviously participate in adult education. He discusses various ILO workers' education programs around the world. (MF)

The exploratory essay studies the activities of the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA) from 1931 to 1940. (NQ)