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July 1989

Can employee associations negotiate new growth?

Sar A. Levitan, Frank Gallo

Associations of Government employees have grown steadily and adopted collective bargaining, but prospects of future growth are limited. This article examines the ways in which Government employee associations have flourished and briefly traces their history and interaction with unions throughout the 20th century.

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