Civil Service Employees Ass'n v. Helsby

This appeal brings before the court for construction the new Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act (Civil Service Law, art. 14; L. 1967, ch. 392, also known as the Taylor Act). Involved is whether the Public Employment Relations Board, created by the statute, may promulgate a provisional order directing the State Negotiating Committee, designated by and acting for the Governor, to desist from negotiating with the Civil Service Employees Association on an exclusive basis and to be “ neutral ” in its treatment of employee organizations which file timely petitions with the Board until that Board…