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

Discusses how other countries have dealt with the problems of plant shutdowns and relocation and how their solutions can be adapted to American industry. (JOW)

Explores the circumstances under which public employers may take action on employment-related matters without bargaining agent assent in those instances in which a contract has terminated or negotiations have reached an impasse. (Author/IRT)

Emphasizes four areas of employer activity--lockouts, blacklists, damage suits, and a miscellaneous group of employer strike sanctions. (Author/IRT)

Provides background on the labor market problems motivating the Clinton-Reich initiatives on training and schooling and briefly summarizes the proposed strategies. It also considers evidence supporting or contradicting the plan's assumptions. (GLR)

Discusses the ramifications of the National Labor Relations Board extension of jurisdiction to private, nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Discusses: status of faculty, appropriate bargaining units, unfair practices, and an assessment of the board's performance. (Author/PG)

Cites the causes that have led to renewed thinking of class warfare in Great Britain. Throws light on the situation by examining the strike movement of the year 1974. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Findings suggest that not only has the use of factfinding declined within the teacher sector of public employee bargaining, but that the decline is likely to continue. Increased teacher militancy reflects the times. (Author/MW)

Three measures of labor force underutilization supplemental to the official unemployment estimates presented are: (1) labor force time lost, (2) various full-time equivalent unemployment rates, and (3) a weighted index of unemployment severity. (Author/EA)

Grievance arbitration is utilized on a nearly universal basis, but the process is malfunctioning in several ways. The study was based on a review of the literature, in field interviews, and in-depth correspondence with knowledgeable management and union practitioners; findings are limited to the arbitration step in contract administration. Twenty…

Newsreel, a group of independent filmmaking and distribution organizations around the country, has made over 60 documentaries in conjunction with grass-roots organizers to serve as catalysts for social change. Films are listed under topics such as the student movement, the G.I. movement, women, labor struggles, and third world struggles in the…

In Businesses, leaders control an array of delegated powers that are valued or required by followers. The present study is concerned with the power holder, and is an examination of factors influencing a supervisor's use of delegated power when attempting to correct subordinate behavior. In a previous study, conducted in a non-union setting, use of…

The basic problem addressed here is: Do role functions of building principals and local union leaders conflict as a result of expected behavior, or is there cooperation based on a system of common values? (Author/AM)

Discusses the history of the American Vocational Association in terms of its relationship to organized labor as both promoted the rights and welfare of the working class. (CH)

A simulation exercise of a labor-management dispute is used to teach psychology students some of the basics of descriptive statistics. Using comparable data sets generated by the instructor, students work in small groups to develop a statistical presentation that supports their particular position in the dispute. (Author/RM)