Though the nature of the school structure supports the efforts of teachers in gaining satisfaction from their work, it provides few extrinsic incentives--status, upward career mobility, and high wages. The principle of collective bargaining through teachers' unions may produce changes in the teaching profession, especially in the area of higher…

Blue-collar unionism is now a reality on many campuses. Colleges and universities must begin to prepare for unionization campaigns before they occur by examining their institution and its vulnerability to a unionization campaign. Legal counsel should be sought and staff prepared so that the institutional response is legally correct. (MLW)

A trustee of a Canadian public library discusses issues that must be addressed by the library board when the library staff forms a union. Suggestions are provided to aid in dealing with a union. (CHC)

Offers guidelines for productive negotiation between management and workers, including a role-play exercise designed to improve negotiation skills. (Author/WD)

Labor relations developments are examined as they apply to the unionization of social work personnel. Current research is reviewed, labor contracts are examined, areas of needed research are outlined, and suggestions are made for introducing labor relations studies into social work curriculum. (Author/MLW)

Describes the objectives, testing, procedures, and effects on document delivery systems of the OCLC interlibrary loan (ILL) subsystem, an uncoordinated national ILL network which provides users with immediate access to the OCLC On-Line Union Catalog, the ILL Transaction File, and the ILL Message Waiting File. (CWM)

Reports on the key findings in the latest phase of a continuing study of academic governance and faculty collective bargaining in higher education. Topics discussed include the impact of faculty unions on personnel procedures, retrenchment, faculty senate activities, and the shift of power from university administrators to state agencies.…

California's 1978 Higher Education Employer Employee Relations Act empowers but regulates college and university faculty in selecting a representative and engaging in collective bargaining. The content and implications of the law are examined, with focus on administrative problems. Available from Hastings Law Journal, 198 McAllister St., San…

There has been an expansion of the role played by organized labor in vocational training. The number of apprenticeable occupations has been increasing with the growing addition of nontraditional skill areas. Government-funded training programs provide necessary resources for program development and implementation. (CT)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board should work more closely and better use each other's resources and expertise in order to eliminate invidious employment discrimination. (Author/IRT)

A follow-up study of academic tenure and collective bargaining in dental schools is reported. There appears to be an increase in tenured positions in dental schools since a 1975 survey. However, since 1975, no other dental school faculties have unionized. The Yeshiva case makes unionism questionable. (MLW)

The three major goals of the International Labour Organisation's Workers' Education Programme are (1) strengthening of rural workers' organizations; (2) development of institutional and financial structures for the support of workers' education; and (3) focus on education for social and economic participation. (SK)

Outlines the structures of the national organizations involved in negotiating teachers' salaries in Scotland. (SJL)

A study of the pros and cons of part-time faculty shows that about one-third of all college faculty are part-time. They cost less, and are a valuable asset to a school, but may cause accrediting problems if they number more than 25 percent of the total faculty. (JMF)

Examines two questions: What general consequences would follow from requiring state and local governments to recognize unions of public employees and to bargain collectively with them? What particular consequences would flow from administering this system through the national government? (Author/IRT)