Stresses the importance of including the history and role of organized labor in the United States as part of the regular school curriculum and describes reemerging interest in labor studies in American elementary and secondary schools. (GC)

To determine how the Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) teachers feel about unions and collective bargaining activities, 150 questionnaires were distributed. Major findings from 83 respondents were that low satisfaction with wages and unfair treatment are associated with feelings that teachers' strikes are legitimate and with high evaluation of unions. (MLF)

Reviews a number of books describing the American working class and political and social conditions in the work place. Considers the overall effect of the trends identified, as well as the role of vocational education, in a slow or no-growth economy. (SK)

Interviews with 86 stewards from two British unions, who had undergone some training provided by their unions, showed that the courses have considerable impact on the stewards' relationships with members and management and are a cost-effective means of creating positive change in the workplace. (SK)

Instead of the win/lose or compromise methods of resolving conflict between teachers and school districts, the author advocates a problem-solving approach in which both sides seek to view the conflict from the opposite perspective and to discuss alternative solutions. (WD)

Trends of the late 1970s in educational labor relations will continue in the 1980s. There will be less legislation permitting public sector unionization, slower union organizing, tougher negotiations, more inter-union fights, more attempts to organize educational managers, greater political activity among educational unions, and increased debate…

Discusses the issues involved in the development of bilingual access to Spanish and bilingual materials held by libraries serving the Spanish speaking, with special reference to California. A progress report on the endeavors of the California Spanish Language Data Base is given. Four references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Examines the extent to which a national policy on paid educational leave might help to overcome problems in manpower, labor, and education, using examples from four countries and comparing their positions regarding the formulation of coordinated policies and coordination with manpower, training, labor, and education policies. (Author/CT)

Argues that the two extremes of aggression or capitulation are equally malproductive ways for administrators to approach teacher unions and collective bargaining. Suggests instead a relationship that moves between the lesser opposites of antagonism and cooperation called "antagonistic cooperation" by labor economist E. Wight Bakke.…

The history of unions at the City University of New York is described, and the assertion that academic unions and faculty governance are incompatible is discussed. The record at CUNY demonstrates that the faculty union and faculty governance bodies are partners in a reciprocal process. (MLW)

Refutes Myron Lieberman's article in the same issue. Argues that public support for public education is higher in states that have collective bargaining statutes and that democratic practice is more flexible than Lieberman's view of it.

To familiarize managers with the conditions under which collective bargaining agreements may violate antitrust law, the historical evolution of antitrust law concerning labor-management relations is traced; the managerial implications of the United States Supreme Court's decisions are discussed; and likely future trends are suggested. (Author/MLF)

Catholic conservative influence on current American life is viewed from a historical perspective including their participation in major reform movements since the Civil War. Ethnic voting patterns as a reflection of the Catholic viewpoint are discussed in terms of their role in American politics. (PR)

A questionnaire was administered to randomly selected university undergraduates. Though a majority supported the right of faculty to unionize and strike, few would support a strike by university faculty. Results indicate an unfavorable situation for students assuming a more active role in collective bargaining in higher education. (Author/BEF)

Hazardous working conditions erode job satisfaction, say increasing numbers of workers. Especially threatened is the inexperienced employee, who is the most likely to be injured on the job but least willing to bring potential dangers to the attention of management. (CT)