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EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATIONS IN
TH E PUBLIC SERVICE
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As organization progresses over the
country,' government bodies, members
of civil service boards, members of State
and local legislative bodies, and men in
public life generally will be faced with
demand? which may be new to them
but which are issues long debated or
already settled in the practice of pri
vate industry. The legislator or official
who is inadequately prepared for such
situations may, through ignorance, take
an indefensibly hostile stand, or through
fear, make an unwise concession of
principal, or he may react legalistically
or negatively when the occasion calls
for a positive, imaginative program.
The community at large is increas
ingly finding it necessary to consider
troublous questions of the rights and
proper relations of employee groups in
government units. Citizens and admin
istrators who aim to be liberal in their
attitude also desire to be clear and firm
wi th regard to tendencies and prece
dents which may impair the public
service. Likewise, employee organiza
tions themselves face difficult decisions
in pursuing their private aims while
also meeting their public obligations.
Some legislators and officials, in for
mulating their policies with regard to
the relations of government bodies with
organized employee groups, need to dis
card certain rigid attitudes, which are
no longer applicable. To clarify the at
mosphere in which the problems of em
ployee organizations are to be consid
ered, a few of these outmoded points of
view will be mentioned at the outset.
Public employees are often at a dis
advantage during periods of rapidly
rising prices. True, offsetting this in
part, where there is an established merit
system of selection and retention, more
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