A review of the emergence of the neutral function in the context of collective bargaining to determine whether it might have application to higher education impasses of the l980s is outlined. A history of mediation and arbitration in labor disputes in the United States is provided. (MLW)

This newsletter theme issue cites statistics indicating that slight growth occurred in the number of faculty members represented for purposes of collective bargaining and in the number of faculty bargaining agents in institutions of higher education in the United States. In text, tabular, and graphic formats, the report offers information on:…

Management drive in both higher education and industry is to offer participation to employees but use such participation to increase management control through identifying weak links in a deliberately stressed work situation. Attacks on faculty unions or senates are all part of management's offensive against any control by labor, and also on…

Reviews trends in union organization at private colleges following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision 20 years ago denying bargaining rights to faculty at Yeshiva University (New York). Focuses on a recent decision by a labor official granting bargaining rights to faculty at Manhattan College (New York) and efforts by faculty organizers at Seton…

Problems that plague the National Labor Relations Board and threaten both its effectiveness and its existence include loss of worker and union confidence, declining union membership, criticism of board decisions, accusations of politicization, current member vacancies, and inefficiency in meeting the case load. (MSE)

Over five years, nearly a dozen graduate students and twice as many undergraduates have pursued jobs in labor after leaving Yale University (Connecticut). Most participated in activities of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization on campus during a period of unrest among teaching assistants. More aggressive labor leadership has been…

Discusses two new challenges that face faculty bargaining organizations: first, the Supreme Court's decision in "NLRB vs. Yeshiva University" that faculties exercising power over governance of their institutions have managerial status that excludes them from protection under the National Labor Relations Act, and, second, the current…

This theme issue of the newsletter provides an analysis of faculty union organizing and agent elections involving the American Association of University Professors, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers and their local affiliates. Activity levels of independent unions, "no-agent" elections,…

This newsletter issue provides an analysis of faculty union organizing and agent elections involving the American Association of University Professors, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers and their local affiliates. Activity levels of independent unions, "no-agent" elections, decertifications, and…

A theory of strikes in higher education and a statistical analysis of strike activity are presented in this newsletter issue. The report on the theory of strikes in an article by Lisa Flanzraich addresses the absence of strikes on campuses during fall 1982 and the conditions in which strikes occur. The absence of strikes could be proof of the…

This newsletter theme issue focuses on unionization of graduate student assistants at institutions of higher education. The first article, "Graduate Assistants and Unionization" by Frank R. Annunziato, points out that more than 21,000 graduate student assistants at public sector colleges/universities are represented by unions in eight…

Reviews the development of faculty collective bargaining in public higher education, as affected by federal and state constitutions and laws. Anticipates future trends. Topics covered include bargaining, organizing, determining the bargaining unit, negotiation agreements and impasses, administering the agreement, and relations between bargaining…