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Journal
Journal of Collective Negotiations
ISSN
2167-7816 (print) 2167-7824 (electronic)
Volume
7
Issue
3
Date
9/1/1978

Article Facts

Title
THE IMPACT OF THE 1975 NEW YORK CITY FINANCIAL CRISIS ON PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONISM
DOI
10.2190/D4RX-AV0G-PKC5-5PU0
Author
DANIEL H. KRUGER AND ROBERT C. RODGERS
Online Date
05/09/2002

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THE IMPACT OF THE 1975 NEW YORK CITY FINANCIAL CRISIS ON PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONISM

DANIEL H. KRUGER AND ROBERT C. RODGERS

DOI: 10.2190/D4RX-AV0G-PKC5-5PU0

Abstract

Using New York City's 1975 financial crisis as an example, this article argues that the classis inelastic theory of wage demand for public sector employment (higher wages do not lead to reductions in employment) has been supplanted in the mid-1970s by a kinked demand relationship (the idea that hither wages can and do lead to reductions in employment), wherein unions can improve wages for their respective memberships only by implementing strategies that lend themselves to facilitating an increase in overall demand for government services.

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