American Federation of State &C. Employees v. Keene

The right of public employees to organize and that of public employees to enter into collective bargaining agreements with them or their representatives are not as clearly established as is the case in private industry. Cornell, Collective Bargaining by Public Employee Groups, 107 U. Pa. L. Rev. 43 (1958-59); Weisenfeld, Public Employees — First or Second Class Citizens, 16 Lab. L. J. 685 (1965); Mysliwiec, Municipal Employees’ Unions: The Climb Up Labor’s Ladder, 4 Duquesne U. L. Rev. 137 (1965 ). However the right of public employees to join or become members of labor unions is becoming…