Collective bargaining cannot work when the parties are not free to assess the costs of agreeing against the costs of disagreeing and act on their decisions. Management must remove substantive bargaining restrictions, even if this means working to eliminate employee strike benefits and restrictions on the board's taxation ability. Affirmative…

The National Education Association's approach to improving public education is founded on John Dewey's vision of democratic schooling and rational decision making, as the experience of Pinellas County, Florida, shows. This article describes the district's efforts to implement the Mastery in Learning project, a shared decision-making model.…

While Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was being transformed into a high-tech financial, service, and education center, a school district-teacher union professionalism initiative called the Professionalism and Education Partnership (PEP) emerged. The creation of the instructional teacher leader position enhanced teacher-administrator relations and…

This review of collective bargaining developments in key industries concludes that escalating health insurance premiums are likely to be a common thread in the fabric of this year's bargaining. (JOW)

Describes microform sources of government information available in Canada. The information contained in these sources includes a union list of Canadian newspapers, government statistics, revised federal statutes, products of the Atmosphere Environment Service, and the documentary history of records relating to Indian affairs. (17 references) (CLB)

Although school-based management will not solve the problems facing public secondary schools, it does decentralize, simplify, and localize decision making that can lead to improved classroom instruction. To achieve this goal, boards of education and teacher unions must agree to suspend or revise negotiated agreements and board policies to allow…

The author sees cause for concern in the number of complaints to the International Labour Organisation alleging violations of teachers' union rights. She examines the right of public employees to organize and strike and government interference, concluding that greater protection for teachers' unions may be needed. (SK)

Education bargaining in the future is unlikely to be marked by the absence of conflict or by the declining use of power tactics, but by an increased capacity for cooperation and a more sophisticated use of power that is inherent in the structure of educational systems. (IAH)

Golden rules for negotiating a good labor contract are directed at two groups: the negotiating team and the school board. (MLF)

The author analyzes the collaboration between unions and universities to provide courses in "Industrial Studies" in Great Britain from the mid-1970s to the present. He states that the main problem between these two entities was one of clashing educational philosophies. (CH)

By working with labor unions, health educators have the opportunity to reach worker groups that have been ignored by many worksite health promotion programs. A union-based smoking cessation program is described, and general guidelines for worksite health promotion are given. (IAH)

Northern Illinois University offers ACCESS (Adult Continuing Education Services), a learning skills program for workers at a Chrysler plant in conjunction with the United Auto Workers. The project illustrates the necessity of determining mutually desired outcomes for labor, management, and educators and of flexibility on the part of universities…

Outlines the author's observations and experiences while designing and delivering a training program at the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. A two-day course acquaints union stewards and prospective stewards with their functions; a three-day advanced course examines legislation and collective bargaining and deals with other…

Hugh D. Jascourt describes a new way to negotiate called "collaborative bargaining." Nancy E. Peace, who had a neutral role, describes her experiences with the method in five Massachusetts school districts, and provides reference sources. Responses are from Naomi R. Stonberg, a school committee attorney, and Ellen M. Suarez, a consultant…

The issue discusses the role of the International Labour Office in the field of workers' education for rural workers and their organizations. Articles discuss labor conditions, child labor in agriculture, gender and equality training, trade unions, fair trade, and changing patterns of food production. Appendixes include information about…