This guide to regulation of agency fees, the monies that unions collect from individuals in a bargaining unit who decline to join the union, discusses the rationale for the fees, outlines procedures for collecting them, and provides excerpts of representative agency fee provisions of existing contracts. The principle on which agency fees are based…

The effects of government transfer programs such as unemployment insurance and welfare assistance on strikes were studied by analyzing state-level data on strike frequency from 1960 through 1974. Effects were estimated by using ordinary least squares regression, supplementing traditional models of strike activity with measures of transfer program…

An update on academic freedom cases and complaints made to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is presented. AAUP responded to 1,222 academic freedom cases in 1986, an increase of 20% in the number of cases handled in the 2 preceding years. Two institutions were added to AAUP's list of censured administrations: Clark College…

Including excerpts from contracts protecting unionized child care workers, this booklet explains basic terminology and facts about unionizing and addresses child care workers' concerns. Section 1 answers commonly asked questions about unions and offers advice about how to answer parents' questions about workers' attempts to organize. Section 2…

Three papers consider various aspects of the labor market in the telecommunications field in the United States. The first, "Employment and Worker Dislocation in Telecommunications Equipment" (Julie Gorte, Office of Technology Assessment), notes that the increasing importance of international trade in the American economy has meant both a…

The American labor movement has always been a constructive champion of better schools. One of the deepest convictions of early unionists was that the responsibilities of a democratic society make it imperative that all citizens be educated. Unions have always supported free public education. From its founding convention, the American Federation of…

The article offers an historical overview of the changing social and economic environment in which the English political parties and labor unions have operated, discussing the links between the two groups and the ensuing problems facing the British government. (MW)

The relationship between the Social Democratic Party and the Swedish Trade Union federation is discussed from an historical perspective as well as through an analysis of present and future problems confronting the party-union relationships. Current issues in Swedish politics are also summarized. (MW)

Reviews issues raised at conventions of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. (IRT)

For the remainder of the 20th century university libraries will face decreasing funds, a change in priorities from ownership to access, and an increasing focus of resource allocation on personnel. (Author/PF)

In the public school governance structure that evolved between 1900 and 1920, schools were removed from the world of politics, authority was concentrated at the top of the hierarchy, and boards of education were reorganized, resulting in less participation by working-class people. Teachers had little power. Teacher political activities after this…

Intended to furnish researchers with the location of source material relating to New Netherland, this guide describes the documents and collections held by United States repositories and provides accessibility to them by noting available printed or manuscript translations and indicating whether copies of the originals have been collected for the…

THE GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT'S ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND STATUS ARE DESCRIBED AS THEY ARE PERCEIVED BY THE ASSISTANT, HIS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND THE FACULTY WHOM HE ASSISTS. ILLUSTRATIONS ARE DRAWN FROM CASE STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (BERKELEY) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE ASSISTANT IS ASSIGNED THE ROLE OF AN…