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Public Sector Union Democracy: A Comparative Analysis

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  • CORY R. FINE
  • PAUL BAKTARI

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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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  • Cory R. Fine & Paul Baktari, 2001. "Public Sector Union Democracy: A Comparative Analysis," Journal of Labor Research, Transaction Publishers, vol. 22(2), pages 391-404, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:tra:jlabre:v:22:y:2001:i:2:p:391-404
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