A study of the impact of international competition on union and nonunion wages found that international competition was a significant determinant and that the net negative effect of a given import share of union and nonunion wages decreased sharply in absolute magnitude as the percentage of organized workers increased. (Author)

Professors who think faculty unions are adversarial and administrators who think collective bargaining contracts tie their hands say the Yeshiva University ruling has had a lasting and positive effect on academe. On the other side are faculty seeking a larger role in governance and faculty-union activists. (MSE)

Describes the campaign launched by trade unions in Denmark to influence the general education system, especially the primary school (for students up to the age of 16-17). (JOW)

Considers employment policy and labor relations in three Japanese manufacturing plants in northeast England. Includes background information regarding their decision to locate there. (JOW)

This country's economic success depends upon how well all levels of our educational and training systems prepare workers to keep pace with increasingly rapid economic and social changes. (JOW)

An occupational work ethic inventory was completed by 3,822 union apprentices and 224 instructors (90% response). They reported a relatively high level of work ethic. Length of work experience and apprenticeship level were not significantly correlated with work ethic. Largest difference between instructors and apprentices was in maturity. (SK)

The National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, thought to be ready to merge, have ended negotiations. Response to the failed talks has varied greatly. Some local chapters have already joined forces, others continue to consider it. (MSE)

Adult education's attention has shifted from old social movements such as unions to new social movements (NSMs) such as environmental groups. However, informal learning provided by unions is not very different from that of NSMs. In addition, labor represents the working class whereas NSMs are dominated by the middle class. (SK)

During a 1990 Temple University faculty strike, three types of militancy (voting to strike, voting to defy injunction, picketing) had different determinants; for example, social support and union commitment related to riskier types. Other variables related to militancy included attitudes toward job, union, and militancy. (SK)

Calculates the union relative wage effect for a large sample of college faculty in the United States. The data used are from "The 1977 Survey of the American Professoriate" and cover 4,250 faculty members at 158 institutions of higher education. Faculty characteristics are found to be more important in influencing salaries in nonunion schools than…

A survey of 630 union members received 400 replies indicating that members who participate in quality of work life programs were more loyal to the union. However, perceived effectiveness of grievance procedures was a stronger determinant of attitudes toward the union. (SK)

Telematics, the combined use of computers and telecommunications networks, is increasingly becoming part of the vocabulary of trade unions. Workers' organizations are using telematics for mailing lists, information dissemination, telecourses, and computer conferencing. (SK)

Examination of arbitration decisions in Wisconsin teacher wage disputes, 1977-86, found that wage increases agreed to earlier by comparable school districts had a substantial impact on the arbitrators' decisions. (SK)

Development of the personnel function of local government in the United Kingdom has resulted in a managerial process reflecting key features of the human resource management model. However, employee commitment and organizational flexibility are less evident, and the collectivist nature of employee relations remains well entrenched. (SK)

Union efforts to increase representation of women in leadership include (1) strong policy commitment; (2) identification of factors/barriers affecting women's leadership; (3) intensified training; and (4) organizational/structural changes such as alteration of rules and adoption of quotas. (SK)