Democracy And The Public Service: Collective Bargaining In The United States

At local and federal government, collective bargaining is not accepted. Many public organizations have unions to for employees to be able to address issues like benefits, wages, and to improve his or her work environment. For example, the United States Postal has adopted the collective bargaining approach to improve work environments and benefits for employees. White collar and private organizations do not favor collective bargaining. Federal organizations that adopted the collective bargaining do not use Wagner Act which is striking. During the 1950s and 1960s , collective bargaining increased at local and federal level because of the rapid growth of employment. In 1959, Wisconsin made a program that embraced collect bargaining called Wisconsin Employment Relations
He also designed acts called the President Kennedy’s Executive Orders 10987 and 10988 of Januray 17,1962 . The orders recognize decentralized unions recognition and negotiation in department and agencies under very general guidance from the Civil Service Commission and the Department Labor. Every President goal after President Kennedy is to promote union within federal organization. For example,President Nixon created committee to oversee unions within public organization is Wirtz group. Nixon provided a more management over collective bargaining and to enhance Kennedy’s order 10988.

The article entitled , “Democracy and the Public Service : the Public Service The Collective Service”, by Frederick Mosher, Mosher stated collected bargaining is different in public organization versus a private organization. The values and ideologies are different in public and private organizations. When comes to determine what components need to negotiate at private and public level , it will be different . At private level negotiable components are wages, other terms and conditions of employment. The government level negotiable components are wages,