Interview data collected in Illinois and California school districts were used to conclude that teacher organizations and collective bargaining were (1) substantially changing the definitions of teacher work roles and the services schools provide children; and (2) altering the primary mechanisms for monitoring the quality of educational service…

Discusses how seniority rules in teachers' contracts have affected the performance of public education during the last 10 years of decreasing enrollments and growing power of teachers' unions. The merits of alternative types of employment contracts are considered. (Author/RH)

Argues that the test of employer motivation in firings used by the Supreme Court in the case of Mount Healthy City School District Board v. Doyle and by the National Labor Relations Board in its Wright Line decision is inappropriate when an employer's alleged anti-union animus is involved. (Author/RW)

Examines two statewide arbitration decisions between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota Community College Faculty Association. Describes the effects of the arbitration awards on state politics and on the allocation of state funds to the rest of higher education. (RW)

It is in the public interest to provide statutory checks on the excessive power abruptly attained by teachers' unions. (Author)

When Yeshiva University refused to recognize its certified faculty union, declaring that its faculty were managerial and therefore not covered by the National Labor Relations Act, a legal battle was set in motion which has now affected all of private higher education. (MLW)

A comprehensive set of statistical data on the growth of faculty unionism is analyzed and various factors (such as the recent Yeshiva decision of the U.S. Supreme Court) that may alter future patterns of organization are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Texts of the minority and majority opinions in the case of the National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University are presented, preceded by an analysis of the decision. It is concluded that faculty-administration relations have been damaged, and constructive relations will not easily be restored. (MSE)

This discussion of labor education needs in the 1980s covers (1) subject matter and needs of special groups; (2) the role of trade unions and organizational framework; and (3) financing of workers' education. (SK)

Describes the research method and the results of behavior analysis of successful negotiators during actual negotiations between union and management representatives and the behaviors that distinguish the skilled from the average negotiators. (MF)

A 1977 survey of retired United Auto Workers designed to measure retiree propensity to return to work found that work propensity is a generalized attitude and not job-specific. Measurement of associated variables indicated that most retirees held attitudes unfavorable to a return to work. (MF)

The development of academic tenure in American higher education is reviewed, based on a study by the College and University Personnel Association. The role of academic tenure as a general concept in the development of the professoriate and in the shaping of major portions of educational policy and practice is explored. (MLW)

Shows that there are potential problems associated with technological change which demand both serious analytical treatment and the development of sophisticated industrial and social policies. Discusses the office sector, office technology, employment, and trade unions. (CT)

The process of "progressive discipline" is one method of improving employee performance by documenting areas needing improvement. Each disciplinary case must be dealt with as though the administrator would be asked to argue it before an arbitrator or a court of law. (Author/MLF)

The adversarial positions fostered by the "win-lose" atmosphere of negotiations can carry into other aspects of the work environment and hamper the problem solving that teachers and supervisors must do together. (Author)