FEDERAL LABOR-RELATIONS 2000 - INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM

Numerous problems confront federal labor management relations as we ap proach the year 2000. The legal structure, Title VII of the CSRA of 19 78, is under heavy fire from the unions and other quarters. The perenn ial federal fiscal crisis has regularized retrenchment strategies and damaged the economic standing of unions and their members. The highly restricted scope of bargaining with most of the federal sector and the continuing push for contracting out also grieves the unions. Yet chan ge comes slowly, if at all. This symposium addresses the calls for ref orm of the legal framework for federal labor relations.