A SHORT AND NOT ENTIRELY UNBIASED HISTORY OF THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS OF NEW YORK'S TAYLOR LAW

ROBERT E. DOHERTY

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DOI: 10.2190/5EMD-W95M-BPQN-A6AY

Abstract

The Taylor Law, the statute governing employment arrangements in the public sector in the New York State, has, since its passage in 1967, undergone a number of changes. It is the thesis of this article that although most of the law's original provisions remain intact, the legislature, and to a lesser extent the administrative agency, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), has in several respects departed significantly from the framers' original intent. The act's framers were persuaded that bargaining could be achieved in a fashion consistent with truly representative government. Recent history has place some blemishes on that notion.

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