Discusses the rise of unemployment in Britain, the changes in the character of the labor force, the increases in part-time employment, and the implications for those involved in employee relations. Includes information about working conditions, labor legislation, and trade union involvement. (JOW)

Teachers endorse merit pay, but many are opposed to bonus pay to individuals teaching in subject areas where teacher shortages exist. Bonus plans are also opposed by teacher unions. A national survey found that the differences between teachers' attitudes relate to the number of years teaching, union membership, and tenure status. (MD)

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) conference called for more time to study merit pay. AFT's interim position that merit pay is not the best way to ensure teacher quality was introduced as part of the education reform package. Nine criteria were outlined for state federations negotiating merit plans. (MD)

Based on interviews and participant-observation, a matrix of nine categories is proposed that classifies teachers in unions according to the intensity of their identification with the union ("us") and the union leadership's opponents ("them"). A complex image of teacher activism emerges, providing material for further research.…

Responses were received from 63 Oahu (Hawaii) teachers to a survey of their attitudes toward unionization, including grievance handling, strikes, and the mandatory service fee, and job related issues of levels of satisfaction and relationships with supervisors and administrators. (MLF)

Labor relations between schools and their employees are likely to experience continued change in the 1980s, affecting not only the legislative framework for collective bargaining in the public sector, but also union representation struggles, job security, bargaining issues, layoff procedures, and arbitration. (RW)

Discusses the foci of four books on productivity research. The author then assesses some strengths and weaknesses of the state of the art of productivity research. He deals with conceptual and analytical problems, management and labor aspects, and alternative lines of research. (CT)

Discusses issues of employment and the global environment examined at the 1980 meeting of the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme. (Editor)

The history of the work environment and efforts to humanize it are related. Motivations for humanizing are discussed: worker welfare and the belief that worker satisfaction improves worker productivity. Efforts to increase humanization, such as legislation and efforts by labor unions, are also discussed. (CT)

Reviews factors influencing rise of faculty unions on college campuses, including low pay, faculty frustration toward increasingly centralized management in state systems, trustees insensitive to educational ideals, women's and minority rights, and the rising egalitarianism in society at large. (SK)

Discusses the implications of the demographic and geographic situation of libraries in Canada for library unionization. Insight is also provided into issues directly related to library management and library unions, including five factors which cause distrust and dissatisfaction. (CHC)

Traces the attempts of English trade unionists in 1879 to amend what they felt to be the distorted presentation of unions and economic concepts in the reading texts published by the Church of England. (SJL)

The "Yeshiva debate" over the nature of faculty governance will continue to rage within academe. Unions will argue that faculties must bargain collectively with or without the protection of NLRB legislation; small private colleges may submit that they cannot afford bargaining costs and refuse to bargain. (MSE)

Reports on a research project that was designed to assess the impact of faculty collective bargaining on collegiate management. Data were based on a survey of college and university presidents in institutions recently experiencing a representation election for faculty unionization. (Author/WD)

Reviews a case in Alberta (Canada) in which the teachers' association sought to discipline employees who accepted term appointments as administrators. The association was overruled by an appeal board which held that a professional association must act in the interest of the public as well as the profession. (Author/WD)