The study notes that the Consent Decree, by its own terms, assumes an eventual end to federal supervision. While the Consent Decree does not allow federal control over labor agreements, the study found that pervasive governmental influence in the IBT has affected the stability of the union and the ability of its leadership to engage fully and freely in the process of collective bargaining.
Public policy favors the collective bargaining process.
The government's intervention, however justified it might have been, was not intended to forever more provide for a quasi-public structure for the Teamsters. The Usery Center's mission is to promote a better understanding of policies that facilitate positive relationships in the workplace and bring about the peaceful resolution of disputes. The center conducts organizational and competitive analyses and provides studies and recommendations on research of legislative and economic conditions that impact labor issues.