Labor Relations in the Public Sector

Labor Relations in the Public Sector, Sixth Edition has been completely revised to explore the most recent trends in membership figures, new legislation, court decisions, executive orders, and new politics as they influence bargaining rights.

List of contents

1. History and Development 2. Unions Today 3. Legal Environment of Public Sector Labor Relations 4. Fundamentals of the Bargaining Process 5. Process and Politics of Public Sector Collective Bargaining 6. Financial Impacts of Unions and Collective Bargaining 7. Union Impacts: Personnel Processes and Policies 8. Strike! 9. Resolving Impasses: Alternatives to the Strike 10. Living with the Contract 11. Public Employee Unions in the Future

About the author

Patrice M. Mareschal is a professor and chair of the Department of Public Policy and Administration, Rutgers University, USA. Her areas of research and teaching include public and nonprofit management, human resources, labor relations, and public policy with a focus on teachers, police, and other public and nonprofit sector employees. She has partnered with various organizations to conduct publicly engaged scholarship, including: FMCS, SEIU, NJ AFL-CIO, and In the Public Interest. Prior to beginning her academic career, Dr. Mareschal worked in labor employment relations with Ford Motor Company and the National Labor Relations Board.
Richard C. Kearney is a retired professor and former director of the School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University, USA. He previously held teaching and administrative positions at East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, and the University of South Carolina. He has published widely in the areas of labor relations, human resource management, and state and local government. He is a retired member of AFSCME.

Product details

• Authors: Kearney Richard C., Patrice M. (Rutgers University Mareschal, Mareschal Patrice M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032517094
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251709-4
• No. of pages: 478
• Series: Public Administration and Public Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political structure & processes, Organizational theory & behaviour, Public Administration, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Political structure and processes, Public ownership / nationalization, Civil service and public sector, Civil Service & Public Sector, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general