Strikes and strike penalties in the public sector
By: by Craig A. Olson ... [et al.]
Contributors: University of Wisconsin--Madison. Industrial Relations Research Institute; United States. Labor-Management Services Administration; United States. Labor-Management Services Administration. Division of Research and Analysis
Publisher: Industrial Relations Research Institute, University of Wisconsin
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Strikes and lockouts; Civil service; Local officials and employees; Collective labor agreements; Government employees
Description: Includes an overview of the issues raised by public employee strikes, the design of the study, an historical analysis of the trends in the number of public employee strikes, the theoretical impact of strike penalties on strikes and bargaining outcomes, and a legal analysis of strike penalties. An analysis of the strike experience and policies in Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the results of a statistical analysis of strikes by teachers, firefighters, police and non-uniformed municipal employees in a sample of governments from six of the seven states are also covered. Cf. Rept. documentation p.
Notes: "Final report prepared for U.S. Department of Labor, Labor-Management Services Administraion, contract no. J-9-P-8-0159."

"March 1981."

Includes bibliographical references.