Reviews the 12-year history of negotiations concerning governance in institutions of higher education in New York since passage of the Taylor Law. (IRT)

Suggests that the entire higher education community has been placed in an impossible quandary by the "Yeshiva" decision. Rather than attempt to correct the situation through litigation, amendatory legislation should be enacted to clarify the application of the National Labor Relations Act to higher education. (Author/IRT)

Previous faculty National Labor Relations Board status decisions are analyzed to discern the rationale behind the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to follow prior holdings of the Board. The Board can now either set a procedure for determining faculty status or declare faculty protected, forcing Congress to address the issue directly. (MSE)

Analyzes the significance of the "Krispy Kreme" decision which provides tens of millions of employees with a federal remedy against retailiatory discharge. The case raises a fundamental question of federalism for it may collide with state remedies. (Author/IRT)

The legal results of the Court's exercise of restraint are quite logical; the social results are more problematical, as too many individuals remain disenfranchised in whole or in part from comprehensive federal protection. Available from Fred B. Rothman & Co., 10368 West Centennial Road, Littleton, CO 80123; sc $3.50. (Author/IRT)

Among other things, public sector bargaining divides public authority and redistributes a share of it to private entities--mainly unions--that are not elected by or accountable to the public. It also undermines the general conditions for healthy democratic governance of society. (Author/IRT)

Describes the overall intent of Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act and the labor relations provisions finally enacted by Congress. (Author/IRT)

Examines British child labor policies focusing on the failed efforts of R. D. Denman. Denman's efforts to legislate a child labor protection bill through the 1914 British Parliament brought many debates on subjects, such as high birth mortality rates causing labor shortages and the dim view taken of child education needs. (KDR)

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…

Ohio's experiences in the areas of "voluntary" certification, mandatory scope of bargaining, remedies for refusals to bargain, grandfathering, mixed-motive discharges, and clear-and-present-danger strikes have been troublesome. However, the state's experience with agency shop agreements and deferral to arbitration has been sound. (MLF)

Two social welfare reformers in Cincinnati, Edith Campbell and Helen Woolley, used research on sex-typed jobs to influence the establishment of industrial training programs for girls early in the twentieth century. (SK)

Child labor is exceptionally extensive in Pakistan. An interview survey in the Lahore area documented the magnitude, causes, and effects of child labor. Steps for fighting this problem are recommended. (BC)