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Can Public Employee
Strikes Be Avoided?
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yil Service league in 'its report a on
“Employee Organizations in tjie Pub
lic Service” noted:
“ It is the duty of the state to avoid
Unfavorable conditions of public em
ployment and provide adequate ma
chinery for the prevention and remov
al of employment problems at their
source- But when the state fails in
that duty it still remains the obliga
tion of public employees to limit the
presentation of their case to peaceful
methods.”
To implement effective legislation
there are three long-range steps sug
gested by the league. They have been
tried and found successful, but the
fact that they are long-range and
sometimes costly has discouraged leg
islators who want quick solutions that
don’t entail additional appropriations.
But from the point of view of effi
cient government and the public wel
fare consider how the Detroit, Yonk
ers and New York City labor disputes
might, have been solved in their early
stages if:
1. A system of supervisory training
had been adequately developed . . . a
system that taught supervisors more
than the mechanics of their jobs, that
stressed qualities of leadership, and
emphasized techniques for discovering
and solving employment problems be
fore they reached the grievance stage.
2. A grievance - solving procedure
had been operating continuously, with
employee representation is desired,
that, reduced to writing at an early,
stage the specific disputes which at a
later date were magnified out of all
proportiqn.
3. A well - established plan for in
dependent studies had been set in mo
tion that would have resulted in ad
visory decisions available to city and
employee officials, and the public. This
would serve to build both public and
employee confidence-
It is axiomatic in any involved la
bor dispute that there are factors fre
quently unknown or unexplored by
ail parties concerned. Faded- with a
rigid strike deadline,, it becomes im-
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