To discover how teachers feel about a bonus program designed to give stipends to teachers with few absences, the author surveyed teachers in two elementary schools, one an urban school with a heterogeneous student body and the other suburban and homogeneous. By using a questionnaire, information was gathered on (1) standard demographic…

Additional state laws and federal legislation will probably be enacted to authorize collective bargaining in the public sector. The effect of that legislation will be to facilitate the unionization of a majority of the public two-year colleges throughout the fifty states. (Author/NHM)

Surveys cooperative library projects of the past 75 years in the United States. (PF)

A new student union building at the State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, is oriented both to campus and town, which are on the diagonal to each other. (Author)

The Paper and Paper Products Industry Training Board has been a vigorous promoter of industrial relations by establishing various programs and activities such as training trades union representatives, a syllabus for additional training courses, and courses for managers and supervisors. (BP)

A bilingual pamphlet containing practical law-related information for recent Russian Jewish immigrants to New York City, this document concerns employment. Following a brief description of the Newcomer series, 10 questions are listed, each followed by an answer. Questions asked include illegal employment; discrimination; sexual harassment;…

A new phase of the faculty bargaining movement has begun, with increased administrative sophistication and student involvement; but only enlightened policymakers can keep universities from following the traditional industrial model. (Editor)

Procedures are listed that could help educational institutions in case of a strike. (Author/MLF)

The study provides a picture of Norwegian party-union relations today and suggests several observations about the impact of socioeconomic factors on the development of labor's strategy. (MW)

Discusses the implications of the Robinson/Patman Act, an attempt by Congress to curb discriminatory advantages which large chain and institutional purchasers had been able to extract from their suppliers. (Author)

The significant historical developments of the cost of living wage adjustments are summarized. Since the concept of cost of living took effect in 1919, developments that are noted are: World War II, the GM contract 1948, the GM Contract 1950, and the impact of the agreements. (DS)

Describes the procedures that were developed to create a union catalog and to centralize technical services for a school of medicine library and a school of nursing library. (Author/PF)

A discussion of academic librarianship, including faculty status for librarians, collective bargaining and unions, library cooperation and consortia, and decision-making and planning. (LS)