Discusses a joint labor-management training program designed to explore possibilities of improving postnegotiation relationships between the two. Planning, design, implementation, and results of the program are described. (WL)

The symposium on economic education for trade unionists held in Geneva identified areas of major interest, analyzed different ways of improving the economic knowledge of workers, discussed the planning and implementation of programs and materials, and reviewed ILO economic contributions to economic education. (Author/BP)

Comments based on the contribution of the author as chairman of the UNESCO symposium held in Paris, December 1975, on conditions calculated to assist the access of workers to education and measures to be taken to ensure their effective participation in the definition and implementation of educational activities of concern to them. (Author/JT)

Examines teacher organization involvement in politics at the state and federal level, particularly in collective bargaining issues. (IRT)

Discusses common problems involved in collective bargaining for public employees and recommends a number of changes in public employee labor relations laws that can help resolve those problems. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646; single copy, $3.00. (JG)

A glass and steel space frame links the Wilson Commons triangular brick towers that house about 80 percent of the student activity areas. (Author/MLF)

This document is a synopsis of intellectual property issues for higher education unions. American academics, including faculty, professional staff, researchers and graduate student research assistants, have always been leaders in the creation of intellectual property. In many instances, that work product is protected by U.S. copyright and patent…

The recent flap over the American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) charter school report is surprising, not because the study used the wrong methods or reached the wrong conclusions, it didn't, but because AFT's conclusions are nothing new. The AFT study "is" the first to use the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as its…

This labor education resource guide provides teachers with information about the history and current role of the labor movement in the United States. The guide is divided into 15 sections: (1) "Curricula, Lesson Plans, and Guides"; (2) "Exemplary Labor in the Schools Programs"; (3) "Teacher Training Programs"; (4)…

This report presents an expanded vision for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) as a professional union that advocates for its members and that, through collaborative labor management relations, assumes joint custody for ensuring the quality of institutions in which members work and services they provide. The report calls on the AFT to…

This paper describes the context and conditions leading up to the November 1998 Jersey City Education Association (JCEA) strike, including the JCEA's history, state takeover of the district, and constraints in New Jersey's collective bargaining law that hampered the union's ability to address teacher dissatisfaction with curricular issues that…

This paper describes development of a MARC serials format union catalog of serials called the Minnesota Union List of Serials (MULS). (2 references) (Author)

Examines changes in school administration that have led to the establishment of administrative unions. Suggests that the only viable alternative to the administrative union is the administrative team. (Author/DN)

A manager of a university book shop in New Zealand offers his impressions of American bookselling on campus. (PG)