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Public sector collective bargaining during municipal State takeovers: towards a theory of local government employees
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Public sector collective bargaining during municipal State takeovers: towards a theory of local government employees
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Viswanath
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Shilpa
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Shilpa Viswanath
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Norma M
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Stephanie P
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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Local government employees in the United States share a multifaceted relationship with their state governments. This complex relationship between public employees at the local level and their state governments are heightened during state takeovers of a municipality. This study explores the outcomes of public sector collective bargaining during a state takeover of a municipality. Using the theoretical framework of the Public Service Model, this study employs a longitudinal case study strategy of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The study examines the context of Atlantic City Police Officers and Atlantic City Firefighter’s, substantive rights and procedural due process rights during a state takeover. Using ethnographic data (via participative observation), primary data (via interviews) and secondary data (via documentary evidence), collected between the period 2016 to 2019, the study performs process tracing to understand local government employee rights and collective bargaining outcomes during the recent state takeover of Atlantic City, NJ.
Process tracing results indicate that when distressed municipalities in home rule states such as New Jersey are placed in state receivership the local government employee’s labor contracts with the city are severely impaired. Further, local government employees also face infringements of substantive rights and procedural due process rights when placed in state receivership. The findings of this study have both practical and theoretical purpose. The study makes practical recommendations for labor unions in other distressed municipalities. On the theoretical front, the study introduces a ‘quadruple legal framework’ to study local government employee rights.
Process tracing results indicate that when distressed municipalities in home rule states such as New Jersey are placed in state receivership the local government employee’s labor contracts with the city are severely impaired. Further, local government employees also face infringements of substantive rights and procedural due process rights when placed in state receivership. The findings of this study have both practical and theoretical purpose. The study makes practical recommendations for labor unions in other distressed municipalities. On the theoretical front, the study introduces a ‘quadruple legal framework’ to study local government employee rights.
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Public Administration (SPAA)
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Public sector unions
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Collective bargaining -- Local officials and employees -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City
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Government employee unions -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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