Professional bargaining in higher education is examined in terms of the labor contract as a legal document, the unsuitability of contracts to deal with qualitative questions, and the strength of the union. It is argued that a labor contract forces two parties into a buyer and seller arrangement; product accountability or quality of education must…

Limited to books, this bibliography and union catalog list of the library holdings of 27 Oregon academic, public, government, and special libraries is a selection of resource materials intended to be representative of the concerns of librarians responsible for the management of special libraries and information centers. Organized by subject and…

Papers are presented from a seminar on collective bargaining in higher education sponsored by the Center for Educational Management Studies of the University of Hawaii. The seminar was designed to address the similarities and differences among various countries and to draw on the experiences of Canada and Europe as they may relate to collective…

This glossary is designed for practitioners who have no special preparation in public sector labor relations but who must know its vocabulary because of their growing involvement in the field. For those practitioners whose jurisdictions lie within the six midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, the names…

This paper discusses the effects of teacher organizing and the impact of a Supreme Court decision concerning the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board in Catholic schools. First, the paper examines the results of a 1979 national survey of Catholic school superintendents and teacher organization heads. The purpose of the survey was to…

EARLY ATTEMPTS DURING THE 20TH CENTURY TO ORGANIZE FARM WORKERS, TO GAIN WAGE INCREASES, AND TO SECURE EMPLOYER RECOGNITION OF A UNION AS THE WORKERS' AGENT FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FAILED. AN ESTIMATED 380 AGRICULTURAL STRIKES INVOLVED OVER 200,000 WORKERS IN 33 STATES BETWEEN 1930 AND 1948. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, ENACTED AS A RESULT…

THIS REVIEW OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF TEACHER ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITY IS DESIGNED TO INFORM SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERS OF FACTORS AFFECTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHING STAFFS. RECENT ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS TEACHERS' ORGANIZATIONS (PARTICULARLY THOSE OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS) ON BEHALF OF…

This handbook describing collective bargaining as it relates to media/library professionals in public school systems provides an overview of the collective bargaining process, as well as discussions of the various phases: (1) strategies and preparation for collective bargaining, (2) negotiating the collective bargaining agreement, (3) a…

These 1976 symposium papers, presented by school administrators of the National Catholic Educational Association, concern unionism in Catholic schools. Some of the issues covered include theological perspectives of collective bargaining, pros and cons, religious and Catholic teacher unions, tenure problems, and effects on a community of faith. The…

This directory of contracts and bargaining agents in higher educational institutions summarizes the available data as of April 1977. Included in the 343 institutions with bargaining agents are over 500 campuses, or approximately one-sixth of the nation's campuses. The directory lists the bargaining agent for each institution, the year the agent…

Since 1966 the librarians of the State University of New York (SUNY) have been working toward full faculty status for themselves on all 33 campuses. In that year the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Libraries recommended: library titles equivalent to existing academic titles; a range of librarians' salaries equivalent to those in academic ranks;…

Perhaps the most extensive empirical research on the topics of support for collective bargaining and for unionization in higher education is that of Ladd and Lipset (1973). Their analysis leads to a number of general propositions about faculty support for collective bargaining and for unionism, some involving properties of higher education…

In the first decade of the faculty bargaining movement, there have been only five strikes recorded in four-year institutions. In addition there have been only twenty-five to thirty strikes in two-year institutions. Given the fact that there have been approximately 500 two-year and 150 four-year agreements negotiated over a 10-year period, the…

This collective bargaining agreement between the Loretto Heights College and the Loretto Heights College Faculty Education Association covers a period from 1974 to 1976. It contains articles revised from the 1974-1976 agreement (HE007747). Revised articles are: (1) part-time faculty; (2) college rights and faculty participation; (3) faculty…

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for the 17 western states. Major activities of the first quarter included: (1) hiring a systems analyst, cost study investigator, research assistant, and secretary, and selecting a…