Administrators who have survived a teacher's strike know that communication plays the single most vital role in the complexities and emotions of an employee strike against a school district. Discusses guidelines for a planned program of communications that can be set into motion the instant a strike begins. (Author/RK)

In the second part of a two-part series on corporate management, this article examines how money, time and people can be wasted by the new layers of management, what the effect is on teachers, and whether it is worthwhile for education to remain in local government. (Editor/RK)

Genuine reforms are impossible without addressing deleterious effects of legally binding mechanisms such as collective bargaining and unionism. An adversarial industrial-labor model will not serve a profession crying for collegiality and collaboration. School finance and desegregation litigation has had limited success in improving schools.…

Significant developments in Spanish vocational education are National Program of Vocational Education and Training; 1992 National Agreement on Continuing Training by employers and unions, which established mechanisms for public funding of training; and a second agreement in 1996, which extended the beneficiaries of training and promoted…

Contains 18 articles published in International Labour Review from 1921-1975 that discuss the International Labour Organisation, international labor movement and law, economics and the labor market, family security, full employment, population growth, industrial welfare, trade policy and employment growth, and income expectations and rural-urban…

Describes how the University of Akron's board of trustees reacted to a newly formed union by substantially reducing the faculty's decision-making role. (EV)

Public-sector management teams and their counterpart labor unions are faced with an ever-increasing myriad of challenges in the quest to produce collective bargaining agreements. Shrinking tax bases, declining levels of federal and state assistance, and public demands for downsizing and privatization are all factors that suggest that financial…

This article discusses how, although they vary a great deal in size and scope, student unions and activity programs share several financial constraints and challenges. (GCP)

Discusses labor relations at Yale University, explaining that for 35 years, they have been negative, with 4,000 workers recently walking off the job. (EV)

Describes core practices of planning for the future that can be employed by college union staffs: assessing one's outlook, environmental scanning, scenarios planning, broadening perspectives, searching for opportunities, and continuously innovating. (EV)

Reviews the report "Do Charter Schools Measure Up? The Charter School Experiment After 10 Years" created by the American Federation of Teachers. Argues that rather than being serious research, the report is an indictment against charter schools for the purpose of retaining the union's power in public schools. (WFA)

Establishing expectations for teachers, identifying deficiencies, providing assistance, and documenting the process are not always effective. School boards, administrators, and teacher unions must commit themselves to making teacher dismissals a realistic option. Otherwise, current reform efforts will consist more of rhetoric than substance. (MLH)

Discusses the importance of the development of education for the trade union leadership and rank and file; the purposes of workers' education in Zambia and its social and economic context; and its development in terms of programs, providers, learners, curricula, critical issues, and future plans. (JOW)

Lee Etta Powell, the new superintendent in Cincinatti's (Ohio) schools, believes that teachers should participate in the issues affecting the running of schools. She expects her administrators to bring in teachers, parents, and other community members to advise and respond. (MLF)

Lauds former Secretary of Education William Bennett's 1988 report, "American Education: Making It Work," as a significant contribution-- especially regarding curriculum development recommendations. Criticizes Bennett for blaming teachers' unions for school reform shortcomings. Since failure in the home greatly influences declining…