The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments
Recently some state and local governments in the United States have sharply reduced or eliminated employee unionism and bargaining rights in the belief that their fiscal adversity stems mainly from overcompensation of public employees caused by collective bargaining. The authors examine public-priva...
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| description | Recently some state and local governments in the United States have sharply reduced or eliminated employee unionism and bargaining rights in the belief that their fiscal adversity stems mainly from overcompensation of public employees caused by collective bargaining. The authors examine public-private sector pay and benefit relationships, the effects of unions on public employee pay, the effectiveness of employment dispute resolution procedures, and the ability of public sector labor and management to combat fiscal adversity. They provide evidence showing that: on balance, public employees are undercompensated relative to their private sector counterparts; the effects of unions on compensation are smaller in the public than in the private sector; and public sector dispute resolution procedures and joint labor-management initiatives to reform work function reasonably well. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/877592022-09-30T17:27:55Z The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments Kochan, Thomas Anton Lewin, David Keefe, Jeffrey Sloan School of Management Kochan, Thomas Anton Recently some state and local governments in the United States have sharply reduced or eliminated employee unionism and bargaining rights in the belief that their fiscal adversity stems mainly from overcompensation of public employees caused by collective bargaining. The authors examine public-private sector pay and benefit relationships, the effects of unions on public employee pay, the effectiveness of employment dispute resolution procedures, and the ability of public sector labor and management to combat fiscal adversity. They provide evidence showing that: on balance, public employees are undercompensated relative to their private sector counterparts; the effects of unions on compensation are smaller in the public than in the private sector; and public sector dispute resolution procedures and joint labor-management initiatives to reform work function reasonably well. 2014-06-13T13:31:15Z 2014-06-13T13:31:15Z 2012-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0019-7939 2162-271X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87759 Lewin, David, Jeffrey Keefe, and Thomas A. Kochan. "The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments." ILR Review, 65(4), October 2012. © Cornell University. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-8580 en_US http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2666&context=ilrreview ILR Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Cornell University Industrial & Labor Relations Review |
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| title | The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments |
| title_full | The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments |
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| title_short | The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in U.S. State and Local Governments |
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