Authors discuss their experiences with each of four different types of strikes -- recognitional, jurisdictional, strikes during the term of an agreement, and economic strikes. Describes the effect these strikes as well as strike threats have had on the public sector. (JF)

Labor relations between schools and their employees are likely to experience continued change in the 1980s, affecting not only the legislative framework for collective bargaining in the public sector, but also union representation struggles, job security, bargaining issues, layoff procedures, and arbitration. (RW)

Describes some of the salient issues and how they were dealt with during the development and delivery of a multilevel evaluation of a large human relations training program in a federal agency. Nine references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Reports on the development and measurement of a course to improve the communicative performance of tax enforcement officers. Includes an account of a unique content-analytic system for measuring communicative performance in situations considered flexibly formulaic transactions with objectives and prescribed strategies. (JMF)

Investigates the characteristics and relative efficacy of the procedures used in several states and the federal government to determine appropriate bargaining units. Available from Executive Enterprises Publications Co., Inc., 33 West 60th Street, New York, New York 10023; $48.00 per year. (Author/IRT)

Explains how the statistical technique of multiple regression allows a sophisticated, objective analysis of employee compensation with consideration given to the cumulative effects and interaction of legitimate personnel considerations and to discriminatory variables. (Author/IRT)

Presents a biographical sketch and lists qualifications of John B. Slaughter, a successful Black electrical engineer, recently appointed the new director of the National Science Foundation. (CS)

It should be deemed an unfair practice under applicable state and local laws for an employer to make a unilateral change in the terms and conditions of employment prior to the exhaustion of post-impasse procedures, whether or not the change is consistent with employer bargaining proposals. (Author/IRT)

Reported is a study that outlines the factors affecting a consular officer's decision in issuing immigrant visas, and considers the proper role of discretion in such decisions. Recommendations for the control and structuring of existing discretionary power are included. The study questionnaire and data are appended. (JMD)

The court's conclusion that educational policy excluded teaching effectiveness programs from the scope of mandatory bargaining was reached by its failure to submit the Michigan Employment Relations Commission decision to rigorous judicial review. Available from Wayne Law Review, Wayne State University Law School, 468 West Ferry Street, Detroit,…

Clarifies some of the conceptual, empirical, and normative issues that have been raised by criticisms of affirmative action. Indicates that the issues are more complex and the criticisms less decisive than some commentators seem to realize; the case against affirmative action has not been made in any rigorous sense. (Author/IRT)

Seventh Circuit cases are examined that have considered the question of whether "state action" is present as stated in section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871. Standards used by the Seventh Circuit to determine the existence of "state action" are also analyzed. (LBH)

Variables used in applicant selection into the British Civil Service were analyzed for a sample using varimax factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and multiple regression. Results indicated that four dimensions or factors of applicant selection were consistent across a variety of settings and analyses. (JKS)

Describes the development of job-specific performance appraisal factors for 375 of the 450 classifications in a county government, which covered 90 percent of all employees. (Author)