In the spring of 1971, the Temple University faculty indicated its intention to adopt collective bargaining. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) won the election in 1972 to be the faculty bargaining representative. One of the first issues that faced the faculty was to reorganize the structure of its AAUP chapter along lines…

The purpose of both factfinding to settle a negotiations impasse and arbitration to settle a grievance is to present the evidence necessary to resolve the conflict between union and management. The author of this paper, himself a factfinder and arbitrator, lists tactics and practices that impede the efficient collection of evidence in factfinding.…

This report presents the rationale for the Stanford Project on Academic Governance and a survey of the topics investigated in the project, the methodology used, and some of the conclusions reached. The project's specific objectives were to describe some major developments in academic governance and to apply sociological organization theory to…

The Fairfax County Library converted from a card catalog to a book catalog format in 1963. The first book catalogs were produced by the Sequential Card (SC) process. The master cards were prepared by the library and sent to Science Press, where copy was prepared on IBM cards, coded for sequential filing, and photographed to prepare page plates,…

The Proceedings are divided in 6 parts. The first 5 parts present the papers delivered at the conference. They are: (1) the union and society, (2) the union and minorities, (3) the union and change, (4) the union operation, and (5) the union building. Part 6 deals with the business of the Association. (AF)

Whether students should be directly represented in the governing councils of the university can be answered only after considering whether there are important differences of interests between students and those who now govern. In the US, faculty and administrators have typically denied the presence of conflicting student interests and cited a…

One of a series of monographs on college unions, this publication focuses on the administration and operation of college unions in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. The seven general areas covered by this survey are: (1) Physical plant, (2) Organizational structure, (3) Professional staff, (4) Financial operation of the…

The trade unions in the European aerospace and electronics industries have become concerned with the sweeping and rapid economic and technical changes taking place in the industries. This seminar enabled trade union representatives from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom aerospace industry and the electronics sector working…

Union catalogs have yet to reach their full potential on the national level or in California. The National Union Catalog and the Union List of Serials in the Libraries of the United States and Canada, although monumental efforts, are far from comprehensive. A survey found that California exhibits most of the problems involved in union catalog…

The rapid technological and employment changes have had a serious impact on the railroad industrial relations system and its manpower. The organization of the collective bargaining system and the Railway Labor Act have seriously impeded rather than aided the meeting of the challenges of these developments. This study recommends a recasting of the…

This issue deals with the impact of unionization on library management. Instead of advocating particular practices in this area, it attempts to reflect present conditions and to suggest avenues of assistance and information available to member libraries. The processes of contract negotiations and unionization are described, defining possible roles…

This conference examined both past and potential results of a mental health rehabilitation program serving members of a New York clothing union. This research-demonstration project, which is being conducted by the Sidney Hillman Health Center with union and management cooperation, represents an attempt to keep emotionally disturbed blue collar…

The empirical basis of this monograph is intensive case studies of faculty participation in the governance of one large multipurpose state college and two large complex state university campuses. The chapters are concerned with faculty oligarchies (who rules and how), faculty-administrative and faculty-trustee relationships, external constraints…

This position paper details the AFT's opposition to vertical staffing patterns which create salary differentials based on different "levels" of responsibility and thus foster disunity among teachers. It supports, rather, the concept of horizontally differentiated roles and responsibilities, which bases extra salaries upon the union principle of…

This document is an English-language abstract (Approximately 1,500 words) summarizing a report presented at an international meeting of representatives of teachers' unions held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The scientific and technical advances of recent years as well as economic and social development in certain countries places upon teachers the…