Involvement of employees and unions in workplace decision-making has a long history in Australian industrial relations. The mechanism for employee involvement in workplace change was originally set out in the Termination Change and Redundancy (TCR) clause in Australian awards in 1984. It continues to operate under Enterprise Bargaining Agreements…

American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) and the union representing its workers--Communications Workers of America--have cooperated in a quality of work life program unique in scope and intensity: a labor-management agreement in which 40,000 Bell System employees have participated. Commitment to the program has survived a 1983 strike and the…

This article draws on work carried out in a British brewery, refutes the claim that the recession has made trade unions irrelevant to managerial concerns, and argues that cohesive, factor-based shop steward organization can resist a management onslaught. (Author/CT)

Smooth relations between unions and management are shown as a function of solid planning and implementation. The authors discuss developing new organizational structures, creating new opportunities, designing and planning, governing and managing, developing and delivering training, and creating awareness. (CT)

Compares 1978 survey results to those of 1971 survey on union's job evaluation views. Thirty-nine unions out of 180 American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations and other selected unions responded to questions on job evaluation preferences, practices, origination, problems, and union policies. Results indicated modest trend…

Despite union opposition and noncooperation with the Act, the author concludes it will have a permanent effect on British industrial relations. (Editor)

Theory and experience indicate that authoritarian management causes reduced labor productivity and increased worker dissatisfaction. Nonetheless, management defends its presumed functional superiority, and unions will not press for shared authority for fear of undermining their present position. (Author/JG)

Author reports on a Health-Education-Welfare Department labor relations training technique. (Editor/RK)

Investigates union activity among white-collar workers in Mexico. (AG)

Investigates union activity among white-collar workers in Mexico. (AG)

Negotiations proposals can be evaluated by assigning advantage points and plotting these values on a negotiations analysis graph. Provided to illustrate the procedure are a table containing all proposal items submitted by both bargaining teams showing advantage point evaluations; four figures, each with four graphs, are also included. (MLF)

The introduction to two articles--one representing unions, the other management--notes that Ohio's four-year-old collective bargaining law can provide insight into how law is affected by the statutory language, the administrative bodies, and the courts' interpretations. (MLF)

The crucial assumption underlying new Soviet legislation is the existence of common interest of workers and management in production; stressing cooperation, consultation, and creative participation and an increase in the role of trade unions in decision making. (Editor)

Public employers, including school districts, are faced with unionized workers' demanding a larger share of public resources. The formation of regional bargaining associations for employers to counteract union demands is proposed. A case study of a successful association is provided. (MD)

Discusses various elements of industrial relations research: general directions for research; outcomes and effects of bargaining; determination of wages and economic benefits; nonmonetary bargaining; improving labor-management relations; grievance procedures and arbitration; public sector labor-management relations; policy formation and…