Public Sector Union Democracy: A Comparative Analysis
A congressional subcommittee held "union democracy" hearings in 1998 and 1999 to debate the impact and effectiveness of the union-democracy protections provided by the Landrum-Griffin Act which provides union members in the private sector and U.S. Postal Service certain democratic rights and protections. What was not resolved at that hearing was whether state sector or public employee union members should also enjoy the same democracy protections. We survey the existing 28 state sector collective bargaining laws and find that the majority of state legislation falls considerably short of the protections provided by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. Moreover, the consequences of limited state-enacted union-democracy protections are discussed and assessed to determine whether LMRDA jurisdiction should also cover public sector union members.
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2001
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Authors: | FINE, CORY R. ; BAKTARI, PAUL |
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Journal of Labor Research. - Transaction Publishers, ISSN 0195-3613. - Vol. 22.2001, 2, p. 391-404
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Transaction Publishers |
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