POLICE OFFICERS' VIEWS ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND USE OF SANCTIONS

• NCJ Number: 12959
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1974) Pages: 39-42
• Author(s): H E BOLINGER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article

Annotation

SURVEY OF 400 ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL POLICE AND SHERIFF'S OFFICERS INDICATES A SUPPORT FOR COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS AND A WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE IN JOB ACTIONS.

Abstract

THE SURVEY FOUND THAT GENERALLY THE OFFICERS DID NOT ACCEPT THE TRADITIONAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH UNILATERAL DECISIONS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATORS PERTAINING TO POLICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. MOST OF THE OFFICERS SUPPORTED THE CONCEPT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, PREFERRED A UNION AS THE BEST TYPE OF REPRESENTATION, THOUGHT COMPENSATION WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT BARGAINABLE ISSUE, AND INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE IN WORK STOPPAGES IN SUPPORT OF BARGAINING.