DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE/POLICE UNIONS (FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR - SELECTED READINGS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 1977 BY RICHARD M. AYRES AND THOMAS L. WHEELEN - SEE NCJ-42575)

• NCJ Number: 42577
• Author(s): A Z GAMMAGE; S L SACHS
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 22 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. REPRINTED FROM POLICE UNIONS (SPRINGFIELD, IL; CHARLES C THOMAS, 1972), PP 30-56

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE IS A PART OF AN ANTHOLOGY ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SPECIFICALLY POLICE UNIONS. THIS SELECTION DEALS WITH THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE UNIONS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE BOSTON POLICE STRIKE OF 1919.

Abstract

CLOSELY TIED TO THE HISTORICAL ASPECT ARE ARTICLES EXAMINING THE STRUCTURE OF POLICE UNIONS, COMPARING LOCAL INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS WITH THOSE OF STATE AND NATIONAL ORIGINS AND ALSO WITH THOSE AFFILIATED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH