FEDERAL-SECTOR LABOR RELATIONS

The two federal organizations that provided the Reagan Administration with opportunities to establish control over federal-sector labor relations were the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The impact of the Reagan Administration on federal-sector labor relations is assessed through an examination of the Administration's actions in relation to labor relations at these two organizations. The examination of the Administration's actions in relation to these two organizations is preceded by a brief review of federal labor law.

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ly characterized by high levels of uncertainty and distress, air traffic safety in the United States was temporarily compromised, military personnel were used as temporary replacements for the civilian air traffic controllers, and the quality of the industrial relations environment in the country deteriorated (Bowers, 1983, pp. 5-19). These outcomes were related; however, the relationships were not necessarily causal in each instance. Important questions are associated with the air traffic controllers strike, the government's response, and the strike outcomes. These questions are related to the powers of labor and management with respect to the content and process of work in the public sector, the right to strike of public sector employees, dispute settlement mechanisms employed in public administration, the use of military personnel to replace striking civilian workers, and implications for air traffic safety--both in the short-term and in the long-term--of the strike, governmental responses, and strike outcomes. One of the problems involved in investigating the issues involved and the outcomes of the air traffic controllers strike is the fact that the strike was not the only significant phenomenon to affect air traffic i
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Approximate Word count = 4200
Approximate Pages = 17 (250 words per page)

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