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Title: The New Great Debate about Unionism and Collective Bargaining in the U.S. State and Local Governments

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Recently some state and local governments in the United States have sharply reduced or eliminated public 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 benefits 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 new 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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Authors: Lewin, David; Kochan, Thomas A.; Keefe, Jeffery

Periodical (Full): Cornell University ILR Review

Issue: 4

Volume: 65

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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