Explains the history and functions of labor arbitration. Focuses on the limitations placed on the arbitrator and emphasizes the difference between deciding and compromising on a suit. Includes anecdotes from the experience of the author, a prominent arbitrator. (KH)

Experience in Sweden, Austria, and Israel points to new strains on industrial relations structure and need for adaptation by labor, management, and government. (Editor)

Examines the issue of "impartiality" in arbitration. The Minnesota experience regarding the growth of arbitration in both grievance administration and contract negotiations is described. The utility of a raw "win/loss" criterion is questioned. The conditions for impartiality in arbitration and the outlook for same are…

Examination of arbitration decisions in Wisconsin teacher wage disputes, 1977-86, found that wage increases agreed to earlier by comparable school districts had a substantial impact on the arbitrators' decisions. (SK)

Recounts the experiences of two substitute teachers who crossed a picket line during a teacher strike in a school district of a small western town. Considers the long-term effects and outcomes of teacher strikes. Questions the feasibility of teacher strikes. (HB)

Procedures are listed that could help educational institutions in case of a strike. (Author/MLF)

An examination of strikes and alternatives to the strike in public employment. (Editor)

An examination of strikes and alternatives to strikes in public employment. (Editor)

The five issues presented here are keys to understanding how collective bargaining affects colleges and universities. (MM)

Discusses disputed points of a strike of faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. Reviews history of the development of the conflict between faculty and administration. Reports the current status of the strike, in which the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) acts as bargaining agent. (CS)

Describes a study that investigated 33 work stoppages in public and private colleges during the past decade. The analysis focused on type of institution, length of stoppage, reason for stoppage, faculty representation, geographical region, and type of assistance, if any, used to resolve the dispute. (Author/JG)

Three persistent misconceptions about collective bargaining for public employees are 1) that public employee organizations are singularly culpable for strikes in the public sector, 2) that strikes necessarily follow collective bargaining and will not occur unless the right to bargain has been granted, and 3) that public employees have less right…

This report describes the teachers' strike in Los Angeles in spring 1970, and analyzes (1) the events leading up to the strike, (2) the negotiations during the strike, and (3) the aftermath of the strike with its resulting lawsuits. The report is written from the board of education viewpoint, and concludes that more legislation must be designed to…

After an initial wave of strikes, unions saw their power contained, beginning with Taft-Hartley, and then renewed as public-service unionism erupted in the 1960's. (Editor)

Suggests a comprehensive solution to the problem of how to prevent government employee strikes. (Author)