Since the 1960s, the number of strikes by public employees, especially local government employees, has increased, and the number of employees belonging to unions or associations has about tripled. Recently, attention has been focused on strikes by public employees as a result of the strike in 1981 by air traffic controllers and their subsequent…

This paper traces the interaction between the policies of the Boston Teachers Union and the desegregation of the Boston Public Schools. A case study analysis illustrates how the process of pursuing the social objective of desegregation affects, and is affected by, a number of key aspects of the labor management relationship. These aspects include:…

This document contains the proceedings from a one-day symposium designed to illuminate the history of the labor movement in Florida. The proceedings are organized into two parts: Part 1 "Topics in Florida Labor History" features "Labor History in Florida: What Do We Know? Where Do We Go?" (R. Zieger); "Workers' Culture and…

The key legislative provisions of the 1982 Job Training Partnership Act, which replaces the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) are described and their implications for organized labor are analyzed. Discussion covers anticipated annual funding, authorization period, major programs, funds allocation, program planning and operation, the…

Attempts to explain why college and university graduate assistants have generally failed to unionize, focusing on the unsuccessful attempt to form a union for graduate assistants at the University of Minnesota. (Available from Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 West Peterson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60646; $30.00 annually) (JG)

A discussion of state court decisions that indicate trends in deciding management's prerogative to determine educational policy and the rights of teachers to bargain on matters of interest to them. (MLF)

The AFL-CIO is committed to the task of eliminating discrimination and injustice in the workplace and is making efforts to expand the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's conciliation efforts under Title Seven. (MW)

In fall 1974, the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the Academic Collective Bargaining Information Service conducted a survey to collect data on collective bargaining in two-year colleges. Eighty percent of the nation's two-year colleges responded. This article presents the results of this survey. (DC)

A critical analysis of the failure of apprenticeship outreach programs and hometown plans to eliminate patterns of racial discrimination in employment in the construction industry. (EH)

Suggestions for improvements of the University of Maryland's Baltimore County Book Center came originally from students; the center now includes a complete selection of nontextbooks, along with television sets, art reproductions, and postage stamp machines. (PG)

An initial test of a model of intraorganizational conflict is presented by examining conflicts among city management officials engaged in collective bargaining with unions in 228 cities. The results show that goal incompatibility and factors that provide the ability to interfere with goal attainment of others are significantly correlated with…

Describes methods used to modify Library of Congress subject headings to indicate the relationship of materials to Hong Kong for a union catalog of local materials. (PF)

The Alaskan oil pipeline is the lure currently attracting Americans toAlaska; actually, job prospects are bleak--most jobs will be filled by permanent residents of Alaska, where the unemployment rate is very high. Jobs which cannot be filled by Alaskans will be filled from labor union sources. (AJ)

This guide to regulation of agency fees, the monies that unions collect from individuals in a bargaining unit who decline to join the union, discusses the rationale for the fees, outlines procedures for collecting them, and provides excerpts of representative agency fee provisions of existing contracts. The principle on which agency fees are based…