Public Sector Labor— Management Relations: Change or Status Quo?

As unions in the private sector have continued on what appears to the pessimist to be a slow march into obscurity and irrelevance, public employee unions and collective bargaining are thriving in a majority of states. In this article, the author first provides a brief overview of the relevant schola...

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Published in:Review of public personnel administration 2010-03, Vol.30 (1), p.89-111
Main Author: Kearney, Richard C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil Service
Collective Bargaining
Government employees
Labor relations
Law
Public Sector
Scholarly publishing
Studies
Unionization
Unions
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Summary:As unions in the private sector have continued on what appears to the pessimist to be a slow march into obscurity and irrelevance, public employee unions and collective bargaining are thriving in a majority of states. In this article, the author first provides a brief overview of the relevant scholarly research, and then changes the focus to the future of unionization and collective bargaining in the public and nonprofit sectors. It is suggested that the deck continues to be stacked against federal unions and collective bargaining, but that there are portents for significant gains in the state and local sectors, depending on bargaining-friendly changes in state and federal law.
ISSN:0734-371X
1552-759X
DOI:10.1177/0734371X09351827