This new monograph is an overview of the practice of career coaching. It covers a brief history of career coaching and a comparison to career counseling. Techniques, ethics, theories and models, and assessments are shared to increase knowledge and proficiency in delivering career coaching services to diverse clientele. Themes for the future of…

This study takes college teaching/educational quality seriously by taking teachers' working conditions seriously. Data consist of contractual provisions about adjunct faculty members' access to instructional resources and professional development in 254 collective bargaining agreements. The research analyzes the negotiated balance in…

Ever wonder why union members' salary and benefits, workload agreements, and other aspects of their collective bargaining agreements, or "contracts," often remain unchanged and enforced during the all-too-common periods when public employees labor without a contract? In New York, the answer boils down to an understanding of the Public…

Examines new developments in the automobile industry (specifically, recent union contracts) and how they may change the way we look at the labor/management equation. (CT)

Contracts reflected worker concern over inflation and unemployment, and collective bargaining during the year was heavy, as labor-management negotiations occurred in such key industries as trucking, automobiles, electrical equipment, rubber, and meatpacking. (Editor/TA)

Vigorous arguments may be expected between board negotiators and teacher representatives on the negotiability of a given issue. Board negotiators are wise to recognize that as these arguments take place they are, in effect, negotiating the issue and that establishing the appropriateness of a topic for negotiations is the first step toward winning…

The arguments for and against federal assumption of the responsibility for regulating the relationship between public employers and public employees are analyzed. It is suggested that the National Labor Relations Act should be extended to include them, thereby imposing upon them a duty to bargain collectively. Available from: the Harvard…

Considers the fallacies behind the following common school-board negotiating practices: attaining labor harmony through collective bargaining, never rescinding once-granted benefits, refusing to grant a demand for fear of escalating demands, and gaining teacher gratitude and reduced tensions through board generosity. (JW)

This symposium paper suggests that in several major respects ERISA will have a substantial impact on the collective bargaining process. The Act virtually prescribes minimum contract language, requires revisions of employee benefit plans, and differs from the Supreme Court in its definition of a successor employer. (Author/LBH)

For the first time in Illinois, the state supreme court has addressed the question of the legal limitations on the power of public bodies to bargain with their employee unions. These decisions held unenforceable specific agreements contained in collective bargaining contracts because their terms infringed on the public body's statutory…

In December 1994, San Diego City Schools' (California) Board of Education voted to discontinue competitive contracting for busing and expand its in-house transportation department, believing the new arrangement would save money. This report argues that the decision was based on a flawed financial analysis prepared by the district's in-house…

Although school districts can expect an increase in grievances filed by their local unions, new methods of resolution are available including grievance mediation where school and union officials undertake informal discussion to reach a compromise position, and involving principals in the input evaluation of contractual clauses. (MLF)

Offers a solution based on bargaining, mediation, and binding arbitration that allows teachers' input in developing work environments without producing disagreements which stop work. Stresses penalties for strikes. Suggests method of paying for bargaining process designed to insure that both parties will be realistic in their demands. (NEC)

School boards are woefully unprepared to deal with "make or buy" issues, due to massive union efforts to eliminate or restrict board freedom to contract for services. Teachers neither understand nor support a market economy. School boards' contracting out ability will not be secure until favorable legislative options are considered and…

This booklet explains why and how child care workers should unionize. Chapter 1 outlines the individual and professional advantages of unionization and traces the history of unions and the American labor movement. Chapter 2 presents 12 steps in organizing a work site. It is proposed that child care workers: (1) explore and promote interest in…