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College of William Mary Law School William Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Faculty Publications Faculty and Deans 1974 Federal Legislation for Public Sector Collective Bargaining : A Minimum Standards Approach Ronald C. Brown Repository Citation Brown, Ronald C., Federal Legislation for Public Sector Collective Bargaining : A Minimum Standards Approac (1974). Faculty Publications. Paper 999. ttp:///facpubs/999 Copyrig t c 1974 by the authors. This article is broug t to you by the William Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. ttp:///facpubs FEDERAL LEGISLATION FOR PUBLIC SECTOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: A MINIMUM STANDARDS APPROACH Ronald C. Brown* CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 681 II. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS TO FEDERAL LEGISLATION ____ - 684 A. Concept11al DilfiCII/ties: lss11es of Debate 684 1. Private vers11s P11blic: A Valid Distinction? ________ _ 684 2. Is Federal Legislation Premat11re D11e to Lack of State Experience? ____ _ 687 3. Federalism: Diversity verms Uniformity _____ - 688 B. Legal DilfiCIIIties 689 1. Sovereignty __________________________________ _ 689 2. Constit11tional Considerations ___________________ _ 690 3. Constitutional Basis of Federal Legislation ___ - _____ _ 692 III. FEDERAL LEGISLATION: A PLAN WHOSE TIME HAs CoME ? __ _ 695 A. Overview of C11rrent Stat11s of P11b/ic Sector State and Local Bargaining Law: Uniformity and Diversity? ___________ _ 695 1. Legislative Developments 695