Research regarding teacher union representatives' actual and preferred participation in decisions governing 18 situations is presented. The items include determination of student groupings in class, materials selection, personnel selection, tenure consideration, determination of faculty salaries, and establishment of budget priorities. (JMF)

Procedures to follow before and during a union organization attempt. (Author)

Central issues of the International Labour Organisation meeting were financing workers' education in Africa, identification and development of special training programs, and the role of trade unions in labor education. (SK)

Briefly reviews the impact of the ideology of professionalism on librarianship and explores the affected labor-management and librarian-client relationships. (RAA)

Recent developments in equal pay, equal employment opportunities, women's involvement in trade unions, and the impact of women's work on family life and national development are reviewed. (SK)

The effects of open collective bargaining sessions in 30 Florida school districts are illustrated in terms of how the public and media affect the process; how unions and management respond to the presence of third parties; and, the overall effects of the policy. (Author/MLF)

Reexamines the right of employees to sit-in independently during arbitration between their union and their employer. Journal availability: See EA 511 946. (IRT)

The role of collective bargaining during the 1980s as the demand for effective higher education increases is discussed. The experiences of Boston University in recent years are used to illustrate some consequences of collective bargaining. "Reformist activism" (short of collective bargaining) is recommended as one solution. (PHR)

The right to strike should be granted to public school teachers. If proper mediation procedures are mandated, the strike weapon would be used only as a last resort to collective bargaining. Available from Southwestern University School of Law, 675 South Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005. (Author)

Notes that the duty of fair representation in the public sector is the same as in the private and argues that expanding the former to include liability for negligent representation is one method of accommodating conflicting interests in a constitutionally compatible manner. (Author/IRT)

The impact of collective bargaining on labor peace in government will be determined by the effects of the taxpayers' revolt, the bargaining table attitudes of the unions and public employers, the competence of the public management group, and the availability of procedures. Available from the Graduate School of Business, Indiana University,…

Presents an overview of the history, current status, and trends in state and local employee unionism, and the laws relating to bargaining in these sectors. Concludes that state and local laws and practices are following the pattern of federal public-sector labor relations, which are based on the private-sector. (Author/IRT)

Collective bargaining is not an appropriate arena for academic policy deliberation, but it can promote and coexist with separate governance mechanisms impacting institutional decision-making. The bargaining process is shown to have three stages: unionization, contract negotiation, and contract administration. (Editor/LBH)

Outlines some of the changes in administrative roles resulting from collective bargaining, explores the reasons administrators form collective bargaining units, and considers some recommendations regarding the problems of administrators. (Author/RK)