NCJ Number
42577
Date Published
1977
Length
22 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE IS A PART OF AN ANTHOLOGY ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SPECIFICALLY POLICE UNIONS. THIS SELECTION DEALS WITH THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE UNIONS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE BOSTON POLICE STRIKE OF 1919.
Abstract
CLOSELY TIED TO THE HISTORICAL ASPECT ARE ARTICLES EXAMINING THE STRUCTURE OF POLICE UNIONS, COMPARING LOCAL INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS WITH THOSE OF STATE AND NATIONAL ORIGINS AND ALSO WITH THOSE AFFILIATED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH