Martin P. Catherwood. New York State Joint Legislative Committee on the Taylor Law, staff member's files, 1971-1972.

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Martin P. Catherwood. New York State Joint Legislative Committee on the Taylor Law, staff member's files, 1971-1972.

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Include selected testimony, minutes of executive sessions, correspondence and the Committee's final report. Testimony includes that of Victor Gotbaum, executive-director, District Council 37, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Albert Shanker, president, United Federation of Teachers; Herbert Haber, director, New York City Office of Collective Bargaining; Ida Klaus, executive-director of staff relations for the New York City Board of Education; and Herbert H. Smith, executive-director, County Officers' Association. Also included are minutes of some of the Committee's executive sessions, its final report, and a fragment of routine correspondence. The major question before the Committee was whether public employees have the right to strike and, if not, should they be forced to submit to compulsory arbitration. Other issues included the agency shop, impasse procedures and proposed penalties for strikers and their unions.

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