An AFGE Local: An Examination of Factors Contributing to Union Strength in the Public Sector

Kovach Kenneth A. “Federal Employee Unionism: An Overview.” Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector, 6, No. 4 (1977) p. 289.

Overall Status, (Washington, D.C.) n.p., n.d.

Report of Recognitions and Agreements, (Washington, D.C.) n.p., n.d.

Weingarten refers to the landmark private sector case of the National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc. The Supreme Court ruled that an employee has the right to union representation in any investigation that the employee reasonably believes may lead to disciplinary action against him.

Delbecq A. L. Van de Ven A. H. Gustafson D. H. Group Techniques for Program Planning: A Guide to Nominal Group and Delphi Processes, (Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, and Company, 1975), pp. 83–107.

Ibid., pp. 83–84.

Ibid., p. 84.

Ibid., p. 89.

Mead Timothy D. McCoy William J. “Citizen Defined Priorities in Urban Growth: A Case Study,” Urban Analysis, 7, (1982), pp. 21–29. The use of salience and intensity in this article formed a basis for the analysis method of this paper.

Koziara Karen S. Bradley Mary I. Pierson David A. “Becoming a Union Leader: The Path to Local Office.” Monthly Labor Review, Feb. 1982, p. 46.

Martin James E. “Federal Union-Management Relations: A Longitudinal Study.” Public Administration Review, Sept.-Oct. 1980, p. 439.

Perry James L. Levine Charles H. “An Interorganizational Analysis of Power, Conflict, and Settlements in Public Sector Collective Bargaining.” The American Political Science Review, 70, No. 4 (1976) p. 1190.