The Changing of the Guard: The New American Labor Leader

This article analyzes recent changes in the leadership of international unions. There has been a trend toward leaders who are lifetime bureaucrats rather than rank-and-file members with charisma. This change toward more technocratic leadership is due to the different environment and new challenges that labor currently faces. The United Mine Workers is a good example of a union that has had many changes in the type of person who has become president, from the labor giant John L. Lewis to the 33-year-old lawyer Richard Trumka. The United Auto Workers is an example of a union whose leadership has been consistently drawn from the union hierarchy. The AFL-CIO has made a change in leadership from George Meany to the labor bureaucrat Lane Kirkland. There will probably be an increase in the number of women and minorities in top leadership positions in unions, but this will be a gradual increase.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66627/2/10.1177_000271628447300107.pd

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“I Want My Mommy!” Assessment and Treatment Recommendations for Separation Anxiety Disorder

Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is a commonlyoccurring anxiety disorder in children. Indeed, SAD is the onlyanxiety disorder particular to disorders of childhood in the DSMIV.SAD creates considerable distress in parents and children.Moreover, left untreated SAD contributes to social and academicimpairment. Accordingly, proper assessment and treatmentmethods are essential. This paper proposes several means foridentifying and treating children with SAD. Assessment methodsdesigned to detect SAD in youth are presented and reviewed.Special emphasis is placed on selecting the most developmentallysensitive methods. Further, multicultural issues in the assessmentof SAD are addressed. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)models for the treatment of SAD are presented. Traditional andinnovative methods for taking care of young patients and theirfamilies are described. Several case examples amplify the salientpoints