Author reflected upon the effect that collective bargaining has had upon the professional, personal, and home lives of individuals closely or directly involved in collective bargaining. (Author/RK)

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

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

Article discusses training of Africans and promotion of whites in South African mill. Company has built town for blacks near mill. Author says whites must be trained for promotion first if blacks are to be promoted to their old positions. Notes some blacks are superior in calibre" to whites. (PD)

Researchers interviewed 83 subordinate employees and 70 supervisory employees to investigate the ways subordinates try to influence their supervisors. Supervisors and subordinates reported similar agents and methods of influence, causes of success, and outcomes of attempts at upward influence, but different causes of failure. (Author/RW)

A superintendent's personal account of a teacher strike reveals the lessons learned from the conflict and offers suggestions for avoiding similar situations. (WD)

Trends toward greater teacher unionization will increase in the 1980s, as teachers react to economic pressures springing from school closures, declining enrollments, and attempts to fund private schools with public taxes. Educational unions will become more politically active, to protect teachers' union and civil rights. (RW)

Presents transcript, editorial analysis, and judges' critiques in the final debate of the 36th Annual National Debate Tournament between the University of Redlands and the University of Louisville. (PD)

To analyze the attitudes existing in the "right-to-work" states (primarily in the South and the West) that affect formalized employer-employee relationships, the researchers surveyed 122 presidents, chancellors, and chief academic officers in Texas public and private community and junior colleges. (Author/WD)

Discusses the advantages and problems connected with the implementation of pay boards to replace collective bargaining agreements on teacher salaries. (WD)

Presents guidelines for deciding whether an elementary or secondary school needs department heads or not. Lists the responsibilities of both department heads who are administrators, and therefore members of management, and of department heads who are supervisors, and therefore members of labor.

Reviews the state of the art of bargaining unit determination. Provides a summary table covering bargaining unit laws and their implementation in the 50 states. (Author)

Differences in the approach to and nature of collective bargaining practices in industrialized countries are examined, along with recent trends and developments. While inflation and other problems may change the character of negotiation agreements, the institution of collective bargaining has demonstrated adaptability. (MF)

Outlines circumstances under which it would be advantageous for a school board to initiate an unfair labor practice suit against the teachers' union. (IRT)