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What Do Unions Want? When New York State’S Public Employee Unions Turned Down The Right To Strike, Marc Kagan
What Do Unions Want? When New York State’S Public Employee Unions Turned Down The Right To Strike, Marc Kagan
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In a 1977 package of proposed revisions of New York State’s “Taylor Law,” which governs public employee labor-management relations and prohibits work stoppages, unions were offered the right to strike, while managers would have gained the right to unilaterally change contract terms at expiration. In effect, this deal would have made state labor relations more similar to bargaining in private industry. Offered an expanded ability to strike, the municipal unions instead opted for defensive stability.