In contrast to its 1988 term, the Supreme Court's new term presents less controversial, though still important, labor issues in such areas as public-sector labor relations, pensions, occupational safety and health, employment discrimination, and workers' compensation. (Author)

Includes "Canadian Industrial Relations: An Introductory Overview" (Blyton, Goodman); "Overview of Canadian Labour Law" (Miller); "Industrial Conflict and Resolution in Canada and Britain" (Haiven); "Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector in Canada" (Calvert); "Canadian Automobile Industry: Work…

Discusses a survey of firms undergoing various stages of modernization and assesses the attitudes of those who will be directly involved with productivity-enhancing changes in the work environment. States that management and labor must work toward improved work environment if the United States is to regain its share of the world market for…

A survey of 450 North Carolina employees indicates that jobs are better in outside-owned firms than in local firms and that, regardless of the ownership locale, urban Piedmont labor markets provide better jobs than rural labor markets. Analyses suggest that outside firms may be undermining local relations of production in rural North Carolina.…

A training program used successfully in more that 40 school systems consists of an intensive 5-day workshop involving lectures, role-playing exercises, simulated negotiations, and indepth discussions about bargaining issues. (MLF)

Public schools operate according to two models: familial (teacher=mother, administrators=father) and labor-management. Better would be a collegial model, in which all professional staff are titled "teachers," who rotate responsibility as school coordinators. (SK)

A survey of 79 British union representatives found that two-thirds approved of job evaluation as a method of determining pay structure. Also explored were labor disputes resulting from job evaluation and the impact of evaluation on collective bargaining, pay differentials, job performance, and career development. (SK)

This article examines legal effects (e.g., res judicata and collateral estoppel) of various administrative arrangements for the resolution of employment disputes and offers suggestions on how legal representatives of colleges and universities can take advantage of these effects by planning and coordinating defense efforts. (Author/DB)

U.S. Labor Secretary Reich argues that training for high-skill work is the key to high-paying jobs. The New Republic's contributing editor, John Judis, attributes wage decline to decline of unions and proposes a compromise between business and labor. (JOW)

Asks whether increasing differentiation of social tasks can be considered functional in adult education or has led to a loss of integration. Approaches the question by looking at the development of educational institutions and at the needs and interests of adults pursuing further education. Shows differences based on social milieus. (DSK)

In the 1950s and 1960s, Clark Kerr led the University of California's Berkeley campus, and then the University of California as a whole. Throughout these years, he developed a system of managerial strategies. This paper shows how Kerr's administrative views drew upon his background in industrial relations, his liberal theories of pluralistic…

Scholars and practitioners have long criticized teacher evaluation as ineffective. Peer assistance and review (PAR) alters traditional teacher evaluation, as master teachers conduct summative as well as formative assessment of beginning teachers and veteran teachers in need of intervention. Relying on data from a longitudinal case study of one…

This paper presents information useful to educational leaders considering a labor-management cooperation (LMC) process. LMC is a mechanism for changing attitudes and building an atmosphere of trust between two traditionally adversarial groups. The first section outlines categories and provides examples of LMC cooperative efforts, highlighting the…

This book examines the changing role of teacher unions in the educational reform movement. It contains nine case studies of unions across the United States that are forging new, collaborative relationships with management in a reconceptualization of "professional unionism." Chapters include: (1) "Building the Airplane While It's Rolling Down the…

A study compared male and female managers' preferences for using communication-based as opposed to power-centered strategies for resolving employer-employee disputes. Subjects, 40 male and 40 female middle and upper level managers, were interviewed and asked to report their preferred manner of resolving four different personnel problems: (1) an…