The role of Russian teacher unions during the years of the Revolution and civil war in organizing initial opposition to the new Soviet order and in defeating that opposition is discussed. A historical rationale for the fundamental principles that underlie Soviet educational policies today is presented. (RM)

Teaching contains elements of four different types of work--labor, crafts, professional, and artistic. Unionization has encouraged the tendency to define teaching as labor, because teachers' work is more preplanned and closely supervised. Policy options that might alter the nature of teaching are considered. (PP)

Longitudinal survey research permits examination of the influence profiles of free-standing faculty senates and coexisting senates and faculty unions on U.S. college campuses. The forces prompting flow of power away from faculty deliberative bodies are discussed and the future of senates in hard times is examined. (MSE)

Faculty at an Australian college were surveyed on their participation in and satisfaction with their staff association. Measures of active and passive participation were highly intercorrelated, as were levels of satisfaction with the association's performance. Statistical analyses explore possible determinants of participation and satisfaction.…

The general legal aspects of reduction in force due to financial, enrollment, and programmatic reasons are discussed. Concludes that courts are reluctant to interfere with local school boards that have complied with state statutes, have presented empirical evidence, and have not infringed on constitutionally protected rights. (Author/MLF)

Discusses the results of a survey to find out who was using the British Columbia Union Catalogue, why they were using it, how they were using it, what difficulties they were encountering, and what factors were influencing their success or failure. Eight recommendations are provided based on the results. (CHC)

The authors address the need of workers to pursue various kinds of education and training. They describe how a workplace counselor can help workers gain greater access to information, training, and educational opportunities in order to deal with work and personal changes. (Editor/CT)

A congressional amendment to the National Labor Relations Act appears to be the most viable means of providing faculty members the bargaining rights held by all other professionals in this country, after the Yeshiva University decision. (MSE)

Assesses the National Educational Association's (NEA) influence and power to effect political change. Concludes that the NEA is neither very powerful nor very weak and that its potential is considerable if Reagan's conservative program falters. (WD)

This article describes the information services provided by the Scientific and Technological Center of Argentina (CAICYT) and the various activities it undertakes, which, to a large extent, comprise programs and projects involving the whole of Latin America. (Author/RAA)

Examines current needs and trends of child care options in the United States, and discusses industrial responses to providing day care services. The advantages and disadvantages of industry-related day care and options available are also discussed. (Author/DB)

Discusses labor history's new attention to the interaction between work, work organizations, and the worker's impact on American life. After 1830, changes in production styles to mass production paralleled the rise in unions and a working-class culture embodying the values of respectability, self-help, and social mobility. (AM)

Presents a selection of summaries of recent judicial decisions in a number of countries concerninq the application of general legal principles to contracts of employment, acquired rights, liability of employers and workers, access to employment, nature of the employment relationship, and more. (Editor/CT)

One-year study of policy effects of collective bargaining in eight Illinois and California school districts found both sides' emotional commitment to bargaining positions, conflict over security and autonomy, and bargaining styles generated policy changes. Available from American Journal of Education, University of Chicago Press, 5801 South Ellis…

A history of Brookwood Labor College, an educational pioneer that engaged in practices and solved problems that have become widespread in higher education, is presented. It served adult and nontraditional students, and also proved that a liberal arts education provides vocational training, and that quality means more than survival. (MLW)