PRIVATIZATION OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR: DE FACTO STANDARDIZATION OF LABOR LAW

DAVID A. DILTS

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DOI: 10.2190/M3RT-0E0R-PXD8-F8KR

Abstract

This article reviews the statutory and constitutional rights of public employees to join and form labor unions. However, the right to bargain collectively depends on the jurisdiction enacting protective legislation. Privatization has been one method whereby public sector unionization is often thought to be threatened. However, privatization of public services also transforms public employees into private sector employees whose collective bargaining rights are already protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Privatization therefore provides for the possibility of standardizing labor law under the N.L.R.A.

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