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63 Cornell L. Rev. 419 (1977-1978)
Public Sector Collective Bargaining: Defining the Federal Role

handle is hein.journals/clqv63 and id is 427 raw text is: PUBLIC SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: DEFINING THE FEDERAL ROLE Dennis R. Nolant TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................................... 420 I. THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF PUBLIC SECTOR COLLEC- TIVE BARGAINING .................................. 421 A. The Equity Argument ............................ 421 B. The Labor Peace Argument ....................... 424 C. The Bargaining Power Argument .................. 428 D. Additional Considerations ........................ 431 1. Impact on the Quality, Scale, and Cost of Public Ser- vices ....................................... 431 2. Impact on the Merit Principle of Public Employment 433 3. Impact on the Democratic System ................ 435 E. Summary ...................................... 437 II. Is THERE A NEED FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION? ......... 437 A. A Guarantee of Rights .......................... 438 B. The Elimination of Partiality ..................... 440 C. Uniformity Among the States ...................... 441 D. Summary ..................................... 444 III. THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM ......................... 445 IV. PROPOSED LEGISLATION ............................ 449 A. The Minimum Standards Approach ................ 449 B. The NLRA Approach ........................... 451 C. The NPERA Approach .......................... 453 1. Expanded Definitions ......................... 454 2. Rights and Responsibilities .................... 455 3. Union Security .............................. 456 4. Establishment of Representative Status ........... 458 5. Dispute Resolution ........................... 459 6. Summary ................................... 460 CONCLUSION ........................................... 460 t Associate Professor of Law- University of South Carolina School of Law. A.B., 1967, Georgetown University; J.D. 1970, Harvard University; M.A. 1974, University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee). The author would like to thank his colleague, Professor Thomas Haggard, for valuable comments on an earlier draft of this Article, and to acknowledge the able research assistance of William Prince of the University of South Carolina School of Law's Class of 1978.