From 1992 to 1996, the Supreme Court decided a number of cases on labor law and employment law. Case topics included labor relations, pensions and benefits, employment discrimination, and privacy, free speech, and other issues in public sector employment. (JOW)

Suggests that if those who know most about classrooms are to have any voice in what happens in them, then a teacher's union will have to be an indispensable partner in that process. Argues that teachers need to stop avoiding community contacts and need to aid unions in their efforts to educate the public. (RS)

Recent policy developments have involved adult educators and unions in work-related learning. However, an uncritical analysis of learning in the workplace risks aligning these activities with new forms of oppression and managerial control. (Contains 39 references.) (Author/SK)

Offers 12 steps for multicultural programming success in a predominantly white environment which can serve as a guide for college union and student activities programming boards. Steps include: step out of one's comfort zone; multicultural programming will benefit the entire campus, not just the target group; and be aware of the three stages of…

Drew on extensive archives from 10 graduate employee unions' Web sites to examine their publicly presented identities (marginalized workers and future professionals), ideologies (traditional and professional unionism with little focus on social justice), and strategies (disruptive protest and professional politics locally). (EV)

A study evaluated the effectiveness of unionization of academic advisors at Youngstown State University in achieving economic, career, and professional goals. It was found that unionization has adequately addressed job security needs and defined workload requirements but fell short concerning annual salary increases, merit pay, and opportunities…

Reviews developments in the shortened work week in the Federal Republic of Germany. Discusses collective agreements and examines the methods used to implement the shorter working week at enterprise level and possible developments in the reunited Germany. (JOW)

Describes how teachers' evaluation of unions is constructed by historical, organizational, and social features of teachers' work and varies markedly across schools and districts. Presents the contrasting views of teachers in two comprehensive California high schools and considers the consequences of these evaluations for unions' recent strategy…

School districts such as Dade County, Florida; New York City; Petaluma, California; Hammond, Indiana; and Boston have restructured their schools and are using some form of win/win bargaining to achieve this goal. If the schools, unions, the teaching profession, and collective bargaining can continue to evolve together, restructuring could become a…

Worker educators have a challenge to present the history and relevance of trade union rights in such a fashion that workers will find the subject so significant that they will want to know more. (Author)

A table that lists institutions where faculty members were represented by certified collective-bargaining agents in 1988, and thus were entitled to bargaining rights, is presented. The figures were compiled by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. (MLW)

Describes a study that examined the effect of adding retrospective conversion holdings to OCLC on the number of interlibrary loan requests received, and determined the added costs or benefits of the project. Findings discussed include the impact of the library's use of OCLC and the effect of types of materials cataloged on interlibrary loan…

Regardless of the specific leadership model employed by school of education deans, collaboration is essential to reconcile and harmonize competing needs. Collaboration within the department, with arts and sciences deans, and with unions and agencies outside of the university is discussed. (IAH)

Includes "Labor History, Industrial Relations, and the Crisis of American Labor" (Brody); "Reckoning with Company Unions: The Case of Thompson Products, 1934-1964" (Jacoby); "Managers and Nonunion Workers in the Rubber Industry: Union Avoidance Strategies in the 1930s" (Nelson); and "'Light Manufacturing': The…

Examines Ohio's Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act from a union perspective and argues that the act has advanced the cause of "orderly and constructive relationships" between Ohio's public employers and their employees. (MLF)