PURCHASING POWER AND ECONOMIC PACKAGES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR NEGOTIATIONS

KATHLEENM. RASSULI, DAVID A. DILTS, AND ALI RASSULI

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DOI: 10.2190/6A5T-3QTW-8G2K-4FY5

Abstract

Of the three major institutional wage standards, comparability, ability to pay and cost/standard of living, the latter may be the most difficult to apply and the most controversial. This article examines the cost/standard of living criteria used in negotiations and applied by arbitrators. There are significant data limitations that have implications for both negotiators and arbitrators.

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