Considers the impact of services public libraries provide to union members, particularly access to computers, based on experiences with the SEIU (Service Employees International Union). Topics include training; resources for families; education; and Locals Online, a program that provides training and Web content to SEIU local unions. (LRW)

This article focuses on collective bargaining in two-year post-secondary institutions, and discusses the degree of representation with local affiliates of the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors, and independent agents. (NHM)

Selig Perlman's influences as a teacher and his writings, including volumes one, two, and four of the History of Labor in the United States and A Theory of the Labor Movement, are appraised. He taught at the University of Wisconsin School for Workers at Madison and supported trade union development. (LH)

Outlines recent trends in library cooperation in England with emphasis on the British Library's programs. (PF)

Seven chapters analyze the role of unions in teacher politics. Chapter 1 traces the political power of teachers and their unions. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on the power, policies, and politics of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Chapter 4 presents case studies to assess teacher power at the…

Perspective on the controversies that have erupted over academic collective bargaining and its impact on academic government. (Editor)

This study examined the hypothesis that labor unions have not grown in the white-collar sector due to biases projected by professors in classrooms. In the research using 437 undergraduate subjects, support was found for this hypothesis. (EK)

History and present status of cooperative efforts in microfilming foreign newspapers. Library of Congress' role as coordinator. Future needs and expansion. (LS)

Part of the Saturday Review Supplement, EDUCATION IN AMERICA, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

RESULTS OF A MID-1966 NATIONWIDE SURVEY BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS SHOWED THAT THE EARNINGS OF PRODUCTION AND RELATED NONELECTRICAL MACHINERY WORKERS IN 21 LARGE OCCUPATIONAL AREAS VARIED BY OCCUPATION, SIZE OF ESTABLISHMENT, AND COMMUNITY, INDUSTRY, LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONTRACT STATUS, AND LOCATION. THE AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE WAS $2.84. HIGHER…

AGRICULTURAL LABORERS HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE IN ORGANIZING A LABOR UNION. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT WRITTEN IN 1935 ORIGINALLY HAD PROVISIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL LABORERS, BUT IT WAS DELETED BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE. EARLY ORGANIZING ATTEMPTS OCCURRED IN THE LATE YEARS OF THE 19TH CENTURY WHEN CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ORGANIZED PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS…

This second edition of Black Periodicals and Newspapers is a guide to the holdings and locations of more than 600 periodical and newspaper titles relating to black Americans which were received before February 1979 in the libraries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The guide…

This alphabetical union list of alternative periodicals includes publications which are politically and culturally to the left of center, and which express views not usually found in the daily or "straight" press. The information given for each item includes title, place of publication, institutional focus (if any), publisher, microform…

Collective bargaining with faculty is a relatively recent phenomenon that has spread from only five campuses in 1966 to approximately 388 at the close of the 1974 academic year. This speech begins by citing some facts about the current status and growth of faculty bargaining. The paper then outlines briefly the three major bargaining philosophies…