This report highlights negotiations and trends occurring in the major collective bargaining in the province of Ontario, Canada in 1972. Bargaining during the year was centered primarily on non-manufacturing industries and in the public sector. Major issues negotiated were wages, improved working conditions, job security, and length of work week.…

This report contains a variety of selected materials related to different aspects of collective negotiations in public education. Special reports written by leading experts in the field comprise the first section. The second section contains three chapters that are complete texts of a commission report and the proposed statutes covering…

Developed as part of the Starting and Managing Series, this manual on managing employment agencies is primarily concerned with the placement of clerical, professional, technical, executive, and administrative personnel. Specific topics discussed in the manual are: (1) What Is An Employment Agency? (2) Is This The Right Business For You? (3)…

The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of l976, S-50, the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, is an attempt to focus the nation's attention and energy on the problem of attaining full employment. As a matter of law the nation would be committed to achieving an adult unemployment rate of 3% within four years. If those charged with the development and…

Compiled in this document are nine articles addressed to trustees on collective bargaining in two-year colleges. Titles include: (1) Alternatives to Collective Bargaining; (2) Are There Alternatives to Collective Bargaining?; (3) Trustee Involvement in Preparation for Community College Collective Bargaining With Faculty--A Case Study; (4) The…

Suggests that, if the worlds' economic picture means that all American workers must lower their standard of living to accommodate the new world economic order, then black and white workers need to resolve the remaining internal differences that still exist in the U.S. (Author/AM)

The spending clause of the Fourteenth Amendment would be the preferred basis for passage of a federal statute granting collective bargaining rights to state and municipal employees. It is the only constitutional provision under which the federal government would not be forcing a regulation on the state. (Author/IRT)

From a private process between unions and management, labor arbitration has become a matter for federal arbitrators to decide. The article traces this development through various federal court cases and legislation, particularly unfair labor practice charges under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. (MF)

Several methodological flaws were found in a Public Service Research Council study relating increases in public employee strikes with the adoption of bargaining statutes. A replication, using teachers, suggests some nonstatutory factors that may strongly affect the incidence of teacher strikes. (Author/IRT)

The collective bargaining process and its consequences are explained and analyzed, in hope that faculties and administrators will examine the issue before an organization drive begins and legal restrictions present difficulties. (Author/RW)

A brief history of child labor and the fight for legislation to control it at both the state and federal level. The current legal status and the continued existence of child labor in modern times are also discussed. (MS)

Reviews state legislation governing collective bargaining for noninstructional school personnel, discusses bargaining units for noninstructional personnel, and suggests some ways school district administrators can effectively bargain with unions and associations representing noninstructional personnel. (JG)

This guide was developed to address issues related to work-based learning experiences at an employer's worksite and to explain when and how federal and state (Florida) labor laws and minimum wage provisions apply. It includes the following documents: "Definitions of Terms--Work Based Learning" (Institute for Workforce Competitiveness);…

This document is comprised of articles of agreement and addenda by and between the County of Rensselaer and the Board of Trustees of Hudson Valley Community College as co-employer and the Hudson Valley Community Faculty Association ("association"). The articles address topics such as recognition and dues deductions, non-discriminatory…

This document is comprised of articles of agreement and addenda by and between the County of Rensselaer and the Board of Trustees of Hudson Valley Community College as co-employers and the College Non-Teaching Professional Organization, NEA/NY ("association"). The articles address topics such as determination of employment titles, civil…