(Papers to be published in Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal)
One or more additional presenters was selected from a call for papers.
Given the economic recession, public employees are in a particularly precarious position. A number of jurisdictions have challenged the collective bargaining rights of public employees. Public employees risk losing employment, job security and pension benefits. The Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law’s program, which is co-sponsored by the Section on Employee Benefits, will examine the legal, political and economic issues surrounding public employees’ employment relationships. Noted scholars and practitioners will focus on the history of public employee collective bargaining, circumstances occurring in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states that are attempting to restrict bargaining rights, how employees fare in states that do not have collective bargaining rights, empirical research concerning the unionization of public employees through card-checks, the employment conditions of marginal public employees, and other related topics. Scholars will also consider the economics leading to this situation and make suggestions for change.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.