Labor Relations in the Public Sector, Third Edition (Public Administration and Public Policy)
Contributors: Richard Kearney (Editor); David Carnevale (Editor)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: October 12, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780824704209
Subjects: Civil service & public sector; Industrial relations; Labour economics; Public Affairs & Administration; Government employees; United States; Public Employment Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Entrepreneurship; General; Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration; Employee-management relations; Collective bargaining; Employee-management relations in government
First sentence: As the industrial revolution dawned in England in the mid-eighteenth century, the employer's authority was absolute, and completely free from laws or government regulations.