Discusses the possibility that the memorandum on fair representation cases issued by the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board is invalid because it is a set of rules, promulgation of which requires compliance with Section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the position of the academic librarian in academic collective bargaining units. Recently there has been an increase in exceptions to the general pattern of librarian-faculty units. Librarians at the universities with the 50 largest libraries are now directed towards broad multicampus multivocational bargaining units. (RAA)

Reports the results of a survey of the attitudes of management and labor toward mediation in four countries--the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, and the United States. (IRT)

Labor needs new organizing and political strategies if it is to revitalize itself. Unions advance when they achieve goals that benefit the broader society. (JOW)

Discusses the argument that Australian trade unions, because they are created by the state, are dependent on state for membership, authority, power, and the provision of industrial conditions. Subjects the explanation of the origins of the movement to empirical analysis and focuses on the key role ascribed to the actions of the early Industrial…

The South African trade union movement is in a state of transition. As unions move closer into the political arena, speculation and uncertainty abound. (Author)

Analysis of Current Population Survey data for 1973-86 found that, although the aggregate union wage premium has changed little since 1973, some industry-specific premiums have risen substantially. Industries with rising premiums are those experiencing declines in union employment shares. (Author/SK)

Analysis of responses from 406 (of 836) members of the Tennessee State Employees Association showed that women's responsibilities, suggesting that competition among institutions for individual allegiance contributes to the level of individual activism in a social movement organization. (Author)

Over the past decade, unions have had little overall success crossing over into the ranks of white-collar employees. Some individual employers are still at risk. (Author)

Develops a set of ideas and practices acquired from experience in organizing trade union education sessions. The method is based on observations that lecturing has not proved highly efficient, although traditional approaches--lecture, reading, discussion--are not totally rejected. (JOW)

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICWU), active from 1919-1930, was one of South Africa's first trade unions for Black and Colored workers and the ICWU and its leaders were prominent throughout the 1920s. This article attempts to outline and analyze the history of ICWU. (JOW)

A simple model that incorporates elements of the leading hypotheses is tested using a unique data set spanning 35 years of conventional arbitration experience among teachers in British Columbia. Found that bargaining units that used arbitration in earlier round of negotiations were more likely than others to use it in the current round. (JOW)

The author discusses labor contracts subject to renegotiation during 1989. These contracts cover 36 percent of the workers under all major agreements in the United States. Issues that will affect collective bargaining, including the economy and negotiation trends, are discussed. The author provides information on bargaining in key industries. (CH)

Data from 1980 and 1986 on union members and nonmembers in three workplaces where membership was not required and working conditions were similar found that union membership did not decrease job satisfaction or increase intention to quit. Previous studies with the opposite results compared unionized and nonunionized work environments. (SK)