Public employment: A neglected area of research and training in labor relations.
The problems presented by the labor relations of public employment are unique, and they are of increasing importance, not only to those directly concerned, but to the general public. It is the thesis of this article that these problems present a proper area of research and training at the university level, concerning which the colleges and universities of the country have neglected their full responsibilities. We use the term "public employment" in its usual sense, as referring to direct employment by a public agency--federal, state, or local. We suggest, however, that in addition there are types of quasi-public employment, such as by contractors building or operating publicly owned facilities (for example, the missile-site installations at Cape Canaveral and the Atomic Energy Commission's production facilities) which involve difficult problems not found in purely private employment. These problems, although different in many respects from those of direct public employment, are both unique and of special public concern, and could appropriately be encompassed by our thesis. (Author's abstract courtesy EBSCO.)
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1962
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Authors: | Smith, Russell A. ; McLaughlin, Doris B. |
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review. - School of Industrial & Labor Relations, ISSN 0019-7939. - Vol. 16.1962, 1, p. 30-44
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations |
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