Presents a brief background of arbitration advocacy, a procedural outline for conducting a mock labor arbitration hearing, and a case study for classroom use. (PD)

Examines two statewide arbitration decisions between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota Community College Faculty Association. Describes the effects of the arbitration awards on state politics and on the allocation of state funds to the rest of higher education. (RW)

This manual presents a collaborative "situational negotiations" approach to collective bargaining. After a brief introduction, part 1 describes the traditional adversarial bargaining model, using a case study from a medium-sized school district in the state of Washington to illustrate how the aftermath of confrontational bargaining is…

In 1982 plant closings in the United States affected approximately 1 percent of the country's manufacturing facilities and 1 percent of its manufacturing labor force. Included among the reasons cited for plant closings were low productivity, high wages, and inflexible work rules. Given the nature of the reasons for plant closings and the magnitude…