OVERVIEW OF POLICE LABOR RELATIONS (FROM COLLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR - SELECTED READINGS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, 1977 BY RICHARD M. AYRES AND THOMAS L. WHEELEN - SEE NCJ-42575)

• NCJ Number: 42576
• Author(s): C A SALERNO
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 16 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 THE PUBLIC SAFETY LABOR REPORTER (APRIL 1975), PP. FEATURES: 4-26 TO 4-40. (GAITHERSBURG, MD.: IACP)

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE IS PART OF AN ANTHOLOGY OF SELECTIONS ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, UNIONS, AND LABOR RELATIONS FOR POLICE PERSONNEL. THE AUTHOR IN THIS PART EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR POLICE UNIONS TO PREVENT MANAGEMENT PATERNALISM.

Abstract

UNIONISM AMONG POLICE IS SEEN BY THE AUTHOR AS THE ONLY REASONABLE ANSWER TO ABOLISHING THE AUTHORITARIAN ROLE OF POLICE ADMINISTRATORS AND PUTTING THE EMPLOYEES ON MORE EQUAL FOOTING....TWH