An unfair labor practice is the violation of any right granted employees, unions, or employers by a collective bargaining law. This guide answers common questions about unfair labor practices in public sector labor relations. The booklet is divided into two sections, unfair employer labor practices and unfair union labor practices. The section…

This paper examines the Newspaper Guild's efforts to secure three types of contractual rights for newsroom employees: employee voice in news content and quality; protection of employee integrity; and employee privileges when protecting news sources. Specific incidents of the guild's contractual negotiations are discussed as they relate to a…

This publication attempts to explain, through historical description, the organizational structure of labor unions in the U.S. and the influence of major unions over the initiation of decision making policies governing their membership. Begun in 1792, with the unification of a group of Philadelphia shoemakers, labor unions spread from local to…

This article makes a case for labor studies, not as another add-on topic but as inclusive of racial, ethnic, and sexual studies and fundamental to the study of Americans. A bibliography of labor studies materials and sources for teachers is included. (Author/ND)

This article analyzes the two perspectives, social control and labor scarcity. Immigrant workers are argued to be tied to social control functions in the peripheral sectors of the United States economy. The historical experience of farm workers in southwestern agriculture is drawn upon to illustrate the argument. (Author/EB)

In an attempt to place the contemporary situation in historical perspective, this paper outlines the historical dialectics which made illegal immigration the direct consequence of the strength of United States organized labor. (Author/EB)

The lesson for junior high and secondary social studies classes illustrates the effects of a breakdown in the functioning of one key system in an interdependent network. Based on an airline strike, the activity involves students in identifying the subsystems affected by the strike, devising solutions, and writing business reports about the…

Research findings indicate the paraprofessional movement has not produced either the anticipated leap in service productivity or satisfactory career development alternatives. The author gives his recommendations for changing this situation. (Author/HMV)

In this paper presented to the National Organization for Legal Problems in Education at their San Francisco Convention in November 1973, the author discusses his theory of the dynamics of collective bargaining and describes an alternative which was successful in at least one instance. (HMD)

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

Educational programs for preparing hired farm labor are needed for retraining displaced farm workers for the skilled jobs of mechanized operations. (GB)

The author organized farm labor supervisor courses and helped develop a high school course in supervision in Sonoma County, California. (DM)

The article discusses the impact of undocumented Mexican immigrants on the U.S. labor market. (NQ)

While preparing a previous ERS Report, Employee Absenteeism: A Summary of Research, Educational Research Service found relatively few published studies on school support staff compared to the immense literature on absenteeism in business and industry. ERS found no nationwide data relating specifically to either teacher or school support staff…