This paper develops the rationale for the utilization of a special board of inquiry in complex labor-management disputes when collective bargaining breaks down. (Author)

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

Discusses common problems involved in collective bargaining for public employees and recommends a number of changes in public employee labor relations laws that can help resolve those problems. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646; single copy, $3.00. (JG)

A system of compulsory arbitration that has regulated labor relations for all public school teachers in British Columbia for 36 years is analyzed. (MS)

Argues that labor laws have not contributed to stability in the transportation industries. (BH)

Guidelines for supervisors and managers in handling grievances are presented, with suggestions for avoiding the long and costly arbitration process whenever possible. The author stresses that management must understand the perspective of the arbitrator who is bound by the labor contract and precedent. (MF)

Describes experimental training programs for developing arbitrators and the creation of simplified arbitration and grievance handling procedures to help meet increasing needs. (MF)

Intended primarily for educators, legislators, and the general public in the state of Pennsylvania, this public affairs brochure addresses the question of whether binding arbitration should be legislated in that state as a means of resolving labor disputes between a local school district and its employees. The brochure reviews the history of…

This book is the 12th in a series of monographs that examine various issues and controversial areas involving collective bargaining and the regulation of labor-management disputes. This volume deals with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) policy. In particular, it describes and analyzes various NLRB-ordered remedies and discusses many of the…

During the 17-year history of the North Dakota teachers' bargaining law, local education associations and local school boards have negotiated to an impasse and have requested the assistance of the North Dakota Fact Finding Commission on 142 occasions. The present study is a systematic effort to assess perceptions of teachers' associations and…

This book is a how-to-do-it roadmap that presents practical details on the important aspects of collective bargaining at the local school district level. It details all of the strategies, tasks, events, and influences that bear on the collective bargaining process from the initial certification election of a union through the preparation for…

This manual presents a proposal to reduce arbitration or negotiation impasses and to accommodate conflicting interests by selecting a permanent neutral to monitor labor relations both during the term of the agreement and during contract negotiations. Part 1 describes the role of the permanent neutral during the term of the collective bargaining…

Argues that collective bargaining in the public sector poses insuperable obstacles to educational reform because of the combined effects of the time required for bargaining and mediation and the vested interests of teachers' unions in maintaining the status quo. Reform proposals have thus far failed to take account of the dynamics of collective…

This paper highlights some of the similarities and differences in the labor-management experiences of Boston University (Massachusetts), Temple University (Pennsylvania), the University of Bridgeport (Connecticut), and Yeshiva University (New York) to determine which may represent failures and which do not. In comparing the Yeshiva and Boston…

This comprehensive guide to the procedures and techniques of collective bargaining contains information on all phases of negotiations: the process, the players, preparation, face-to-face bargaining, impasse resolution procedures, and contract administration. It is predicated on the view that school board members and administrators should master…