Examines how the National Education Association (NEA) has shifted from a conservative position to a more progressive one, which emphasizes militancy on such issues as equity and abolition of normative testing. Suggests that, in concentrating on politically charged matters, NEA has neglected a more important concern: the successful schooling of…

Merit pay is resisted by teacher unions yet the public and teachers favor merit advances. Merit pay can work if an employee's value is assessed unprejudicially. Board members and administrators can destroy plans through poor management and unjust programs. (MD)

Managing employee grievances at unionized institutions requires standardizing policies and procedures; processing grievances is costly, and mistakes can result in unfavorable court decisions. Steps are outlined for administrators handling grievances at various stages in the process, and a sample grievance form is given. (MSE)

Responses received from 118 presidents of two-year and four-year institutions indicated their attitudes (pre-unionism and present) toward faculty performance, values, job security, academic freedom, salaries, and academic governance. Significant changes vary by institutional level, union affiliation, and period of unionization. Implications and…

A model for the verbal theory of collective bargaining is proposed. Four variables are used: trust, salary, inclination for collective bargaining, and general professional market. Postulates from the model and strategies for estimating its parameters are also discussed. (Author/MLW)

Argues that two of the major causes of the current state of public education are the nature of teacher education and the strength of teachers' unions. His solutions include parental control of schools, academic requirements, abolishing tenure and credentialism, merit pay for teachers, and dismissal of incompetent teachers. (SK)

A series of articles reviews educational activities of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), including international seminars on workers' education, a study of women workers, trade union training courses at the ILO Turin Centre, and the importance of information dissemination to trade unions. (SK)

Discusses constitutional limitations on public-sector collective bargaining that incorporates exclusive representation and relates the issue to fundamental tenets of individual liberty and representative government. Illustrates the issue with an Indiana case to be appealed before the U.S. Supreme Court, "Perry Education Association v. Perry…

Reviews studies of the duplication of holdings and acquisitions among libraries, concentrating on four types of research: (1) studies undertaken in connection with union catalogs, (2) studies of centralized processing, (3) studies of cooperative collection development, and (4) research studies on the phenomenon of collection overlap. A…

A study in San Jose, California, measured the comparable worth of jobs to the city, and helped to settle the country's first municipal strike over the issue of equal pay for comparative worth. The comparable worth concept has important implications for collective bargaining in female-dominated occupations. (Author/MJL)

Presents developments in grievance arbitration in government employment by examining all public sector arbitration cases from 1971 through 1979. Predicts that issues of employee discipline and discharge will comprise the largest number of cases proceeding to arbitration. (Author/MLF)

Considers rulings by more than 15 state supreme courts in which state legislation permitting public sector bargaining and arbitration was found to be constitutional. Denounces judicial approval of this legislation, arguing that the laws oppose Lockian traditions of constitutional representative government and are a threat to democracy. (PGD)

In 1980, the United States Supreme Court ruled that faculty members at Yeshiva University were managers and not eligible for collective bargaining protection. In this article, Kuechle discusses the background and consequences of the decision and challenges to it and assesses its likely impact on colleges and universities. (Author/SK)

Board members running for reelection against teacher union opposition should differentiate classroom teachers from the union, promote their board experience, research the issues, prepare early for the campaign, analyze the reasons for union opposition, anticipate psychological warfare, mount a positive defense, admit mistakes, and turn union…

Discusses the Handicapped Placement Program of the AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute and its success in placing 1,900 disabled people. Points out the need for educational programs about what the unions can do for disabled job seekers. (Disabled USA, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC 20210) (JOW)