In this article, the Israeli industrial relations system is examined, with special focus upon the nature of labor relations at the plant level. Conditions in Israel are of particular interest, due both to the very "mixed" nature of that country's economic system, and to the example it provides...

Discusses the experience and work of Illinois Governor Otto Kerner's Advisory Commission on Labor-Management Policy for Public Employees. Previous legislative enactments; Organizational developments; Example of formal collective bargaining. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

The intellectual health of the field of industrial relations continues to be a matter of concern among its students. The two articles in this Discussion are contributions to this continuing self-examination. The first is an evaluation of some recent criticisms of the field, and contains both...

Examination of the relationship between collective bargaining and budget-making process in public institutions in Illinois. Relationship between the bargaining process and legal requirements for establishing fiscal years; Budget making by schools; Budget making by municipalities; Policy...

Examines the relations between collective bargaining in the public sector and budget-making under economic stress. Differences between the negotiating parties in assumptions about the budget; Implication of the tight economic situation for the duration of the bargaining period; Description of the...