Reviews the legal rulings and statutes that have shaped public employee labor relations in Texas since the late 19th century. In the absence of one comprehensive labor/management act, Texas has many diverse laws and precedents that affect the public employee. Available from Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 43 Central Drive, Farmingdale, NY 11735;…

Describes contract provisions negotiated by the Chicago Teachers Union that guarantee classroom teachers representation on all committees dealing with curriculum development and briefly discusses the functioning of those curriculum committees. Available from Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1701 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100,…

This book discusses the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation's largest teacher unions. Chapter 1 introduces the book. Chapter 2 discusses the emergence of teacher unionization, especially since the 1960s. Chapter 3 explains the NEA/AFT political and social agendas and their main objectives.…

This digest addresses the history, motives, key players, potential effects, and future of the graduate student unionization movement. The course of faulty unionization efforts is intricately tied to that of graduate student unions. Graduate student employees have attempted to unionize at both public and private college and universities. There has…

Collective bargaining in higher education will neither solve all the problems that lead to faculty unionization nor destroy the collegiate institution. Students often view faculty unions as detrimental to their interests and respond by forming their own organizations if the contract directly affects their lives. For the student personnel…

Discusses the effects on public and private colleges of legal drinking on campus, citing examples of schools that have successfully established rathskellers and pubs on campus. (PG)

A union catalog of 1,100,000 books on computer output microfiche (COM) in twenty-one Louisiana libraries is described. The computer programs, the data bank, and output are described. Also described are the statistical tabulations which are a by-product of the system and which provide a rich source for analysis. (8 references) (Author)

Author reports on a Health-Education-Welfare Department labor relations training technique. (Editor/RK)

Educational media publishing offers challenges and opportunities for college bookstore management. (Author/PG)

Winners of the Pick/Promote/Profit competition for college bookstore managers that selects outstanding merchandising techniques. (PG)

Describes the new bookstore at Kent State University offering 9 checkouts, information and special display areas, buyback center and lockers for students' convenience. Layout plans of the bookstore are included. (PG)

Article provides an analysis of the structure and character of faculty unionism and discusses some of the major definitional issues as well as some current indices of the status of collective bargaining. (Author/RK)

A special report on the handling of dismissal cases in U.S. law, contract, and custom. (Editor)