Charges that laziness and indifference among some teachers are due to unions and that recent declines in the quality of education are due to unprofessional teachers are unfounded. School board and administrator leadership and responsibility, including higher teacher wages and mutual respect between administration and the teacher union, are needed.…

Reviews the legal rulings and statutes that have shaped public employee labor relations in Texas since the late 19th century. In the absence of one comprehensive labor/management act, Texas has many diverse laws and precedents that affect the public employee. Available from Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 43 Central Drive, Farmingdale, NY 11735;…

The document is comprised of articles of agreement and addenda by and between the County of Rensselaer and the Board of Trustees of Hudson Valley Community College as co-employers and the College Unit of Local 842 Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. ("union"). The articles address topics such as affirmative action, recognition and…

Developments in three major directions are a result of the British Food, Drink, and Tobacco Industry Training Board's activities. In efforts to help all their companies, they have encouraged a systematic approach to training. An advisory service was designed to help use this approach and provide specialist guidance with dominant problems. (DS)

This study applies social judgment theory and interactive computer graphics to labor-management negotiations. Self-understanding and understanding of one's counterpart were found generally to be poor. Participants reported gaining new insights and indicated that the use of interactive graphics is feasible and desirable. (Authors)

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

Discusses employee benefits offered to various manufacturing industry workers, especially for chemical professionals. Indicates that in the chemicals and allied products industry, such benefits averaged more than 30 percent of payroll in 1971. (CC)

Utilizing the community for health care education. (Editor)

A special report on the handling of dismissal cases in U.S. law, contract, and custom. (Editor)

This study surveyed the most significant theories of social perception and examined the most important findings concerning black and white differences. Suggestions for social action are included. (DM)

Discusses a number of criticisms of vocational education programs and points out manpower needs in the construction industry and white collar jobs. (SB)

Responses received from 118 presidents of two-year and four-year institutions indicated their attitudes (pre-unionism and present) toward faculty performance, values, job security, academic freedom, salaries, and academic governance. Significant changes vary by institutional level, union affiliation, and period of unionization. Implications and…

This study estimates the effects on pension benefits received by women that would result from some of the changes recommended in 1981 by the President's Commission on Pension Policy. The author argues that the private pension system now presents several barriers to the attainment of benefits by women. (SSH)