To analyze the attitudes existing in the "right-to-work" states (primarily in the South and the West) that affect formalized employer-employee relationships, the researchers surveyed 122 presidents, chancellors, and chief academic officers in Texas public and private community and junior colleges. (Author/WD)

Discusses the advantages and problems connected with the implementation of pay boards to replace collective bargaining agreements on teacher salaries. (WD)

Presents guidelines for deciding whether an elementary or secondary school needs department heads or not. Lists the responsibilities of both department heads who are administrators, and therefore members of management, and of department heads who are supervisors, and therefore members of labor.

Reviews the state of the art of bargaining unit determination. Provides a summary table covering bargaining unit laws and their implementation in the 50 states. (Author)

Differences in the approach to and nature of collective bargaining practices in industrialized countries are examined, along with recent trends and developments. While inflation and other problems may change the character of negotiation agreements, the institution of collective bargaining has demonstrated adaptability. (MF)

Outlines circumstances under which it would be advantageous for a school board to initiate an unfair labor practice suit against the teachers' union. (IRT)

Part-time and substitute teachers do have rights, but courts often will not let such rights interfere with effective board action in solving school problems. As always, courts try to strike a balance between competing interests. (Author/IRT)

This study lends support for the hypothesis that management attitudes toward the union have a strong influence on the success of the union-management relationship in the public sector. However, the causal direction of this correlation was not thoroughly determined. (Author)

States that central to any efforts to improve urban schools is the relationship between the school managers and the teachers' union. Recommendations include creating learner-centered schools; focusing on improving the knowledge and skills of teachers; negotiating "Living Contracts"; and expanding school choice by making public schools…

Analyzed two programs in a public agency: Investors in Management (a British government initiative) and employee-led development. Found that both programs exposed tensions between individual growth and traditional values constraining growth. Concluded that effective organizational learning in the public sector must be collective and aware of…

U.S. employers' use of numerical and functional flexibility has created a division between organizational insiders (core) and outsiders (periphery). The latter have nonstandard work arrangements, the consequences of which differ depending on workers' degree of control over skills, autonomy, and transferability. (Contains 39 references.)

Reviews the evolution of public libraries, the origins of today's labor movement, and the role of the AFL-CIO/ALA (American Federation of Labor (AFL)-Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)/American Library Association (ALA))Joint Committee on Library Service to Labor Groups. Defines misunderstandings and lack of trust between libraries and…

Government employment statistics indicate that the number of federal labor relations specialists declined 7% from 1991-2000; the proportion of women in the field grew from 42.2% to 50.9%; and the pay gap narrowed. The number of women in upper management rose 18% between 1991 and 1998. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

While Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was being transformed into a high-tech financial, service, and education center, a school district-teacher union professionalism initiative called the Professionalism and Education Partnership (PEP) emerged. The creation of the instructional teacher leader position enhanced teacher-administrator relations and…

The author sees cause for concern in the number of complaints to the International Labour Organisation alleging violations of teachers' union rights. She examines the right of public employees to organize and strike and government interference, concluding that greater protection for teachers' unions may be needed. (SK)