When Public Sector Workers Unionize

by Richard B. Freeman

In the 1980s, public sector unionism has become the most vibrant component of the American labor movement. What does this new "look" of organized labor mean for the economy? Do labor-management relations in the public sector mirror patterns in the private, or do they introduce a novel paradigm onto the labor scene? What can the private sector learn from the success of collective bargaining in the public?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226261662
• ISBN13: 9780226261669
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"