Describes Hawaii's experience in negotiating a Statewide contract under its new collective bargaining law. (JF)

Argues that labor laws have not contributed to stability in the transportation industries. (BH)

Recommends the selective strike as the best means to resolve railway labor disputes. (BH)

Discusses the rise of unemployment in Britain, the changes in the character of the labor force, the increases in part-time employment, and the implications for those involved in employee relations. Includes information about working conditions, labor legislation, and trade union involvement. (JOW)

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)

Union organizing activities, protection of state and federal labor laws, and the division of students into a separate collective bargaining unit are discussed; and the use of separate units is discouraged. Journal availabilty: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506.) (MSE)

Several significant court decisions involving labor cases are discussed including a series of decisions concerning constitutional protections afforded aliens; the First Amendment and national labor relations laws; and the bifurcated backpay rule. (BM)

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)

Examines the rationales for both including and excluding supervisory and administrative personnel from collective bargaining, the historical contexts of these positions, and how the issues have been dealt with by statutes and interpretive decisions in different states. (Author/IRT)

The Court has placed schools affiliated with churches beyond the pale of governmental supervision as far as labor practices are concerned. Available from School of Law, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA 95053. (Author)

The author focuses on laws governing maximum working hours, explaining how their coverage became restricted to women and children and how organized labor showed renewed interest in universal hour laws during the Depression. She advances three hypotheses to explain how laws that once were protective became restrictive. (CT)

The author believes that protective legislation in Australia has made women second-class citizens. He argues that while the elimination of discriminatory laws may help to improve women's employment prospects, the real need is for a concerted attempt to change attitudes that deny women equal opportunities in training, appointment, and promotion.…

Describes and evaluates the effectiveness of multi-employer bargaining in education in Saskatchewan. The relative advantages and disadvantages of centralized negotiations as a means of reducing union "whipsawing" tactics are examined and some observations are made concerning the establishment of multi-unit board bargaining structures in…

Shows that application of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Title VII to religious organizations and lay employees does not violate the free exercise clause, whereas a blanket exemption might run afoul of the establishment clause. Available from University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 3900 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; single copies $2.50.…