This book is the 12th in a series of monographs that examine various issues and controversial areas involving collective bargaining and the regulation of labor-management disputes. This volume deals with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) policy. In particular, it describes and analyzes various NLRB-ordered remedies and discusses many of the…

This document contains edited presentations given during a conference on teacher negotiations and solutions to impasse in Rhode Island. The principal speakers were Henry J. Nardone, chairman of the Elementary and Secondary Education Sub-Committee of the Board of Regents; Julius C. Michaelson, Attorney General for Rhode Island; and Dr. Peter…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop an educational presentation in collective bargaining for the faculty, administration, and board of trustees at Pensacola Junior College. The report includes the background of collective bargaining in post secondary education, the status of collective bargaining in Florida under the recently enacted…

Prior to drafting State legislation pertaining to collective negotiation in education, it is necessary to understand the essential differences between public and private employment and to determine whether teachers should be included under a statute covering many categories of public employees or whether they should receive separate statutory…

Today all 50 states and Puerto Rico have laws relating to the employment of women; however, the standards established vary widely. This report examines employment legislation in regard to: (1) minimum wage, (2) overtime compensation, (3) hours of work, (4) equal pay, (5) fair employment practices, (6) industrial homework, (7) employment before and…

Centralization, coordinated bargaining, and multi-unit representation are not the inevitable consequences of changes in school finance. Rather, bargaining structure continues to be a result of a complex interaction that includes many factors. (Author)

Examines the influence of environmental factors (e.g., de facto bargaining prior to legislation; value of agricultural products sold; employment opportunities in manufacturing, farming, or state and local government; and popular support for the Democratic Party) on state decisions to enact legislation conducive to collective bargaining in…

Most of the cases of unfair employment practices fall under one of four pieces of federal legislation. Outlines the scope of the laws and offers guidelines that can provide administrators some protection against becoming a defendant in an unfair employment suit. (MLF)

The new Fair Labor Standards rules, which became effective February 1, will have an impact on employees, students and administrators. (Editor)

To test the effects of the legal status of collective bargaining on teacher salaries, data were collected from California and Missouri on bargaining status, teacher characteristics, district expenditures, and other variables. Results reveal the same patterns of bargaining effects in both states, despite differences in bargaining's legal status.…

Viewed from the perspective of administrative law, labor law, or just higher education, the Yeshiva decision does not make sense. It would be appropriate in future litigation to compel the court to do what it refused to do here, that is to address the extent to which the industrial analogy applies to colleges and universities. (MSE)

Presents a selection of summaries of recent judicial decisions in a number of countries concerninq the application of general legal principles to contracts of employment, acquired rights, liability of employers and workers, access to employment, nature of the employment relationship, and more. (Editor/CT)

Discusses a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving public employers'"mixed motives" in discharging employees for constitutionally protected and unprotected reasons. Describes the Court's test to distinguish which reason was the dominant factor. (RW)

The author's study reveals that collective bargaining constitutes a costly example of the liberal tendency to ignore the costs of procedural rights. Those who benefit from collective bargaining and its attendant strife include state labor relations agencies, labor attorneys, fact finders, and the mass media. (Author/WD)