DAVID A. DILTS is Professor of Labor Relations and Economics at Indiana University at Fort Wayne. He is also a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. He has authored or co-authored over 60 articles concerning labor relations matters in journal such as Management Science, Journal of Labor Research, Industrial Relations, Arbitration Journal, Labor Law Journal, and Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector. He has co-authored six books concerning labor relations.CLARENCE R. DEITSCH is Professor of Economics at Ball State University. Professor Deitsch is an arbitrator with nearly twenty years experience and serves as permanent arbitrator on the panels of the United States Postal Service. He has co-authored five books and over 30 articles in such journals as Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, Arbitration Journal, Journal of Labor Research, and Labor Law Journal.ALI RASSULI is Associate Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics and Finance in the School of Business Management Sciences at Indiana University at Fort Wayne Professor Rassuli has published extensively in labor relations and labor economics topics. His articles have appeared in journals such as Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, Toledo Law Review, and Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector.

• Preface Introduction Introduction to Public Sector Labor Law An Introduction to Labor Law and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector The Public Sector and Collective Bargaining The Law Administrative Law Agencies and Their Functions Unionization, Organization, and Employee-Employer Rights The Law and Negotiations Impasse Procedures The Effects of Law on Collective Bargaining Bargaining During the Life of the Contract Public Sector Labor Law: Conclusions, Trends, and Possibilities Appendix: Public Employment Board Rules and Regulations of the Iowa Code Annotated Bibliography Index

DAVID A. DILTS is Professor of Labor Relations and Economics at Indiana University at Fort Wayne. He is also a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. He has authored or co-authored over 60 articles concerning labor relations matters in journal such as Management Science, Journal of Labor Research, Industrial Relations, Arbitration Journal, Labor Law Journal, and Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector. He has co-authored six books concerning labor relations.CLARENCE R. DEITSCH is Professor of Economics at Ball State University. Professor Deitsch is an arbitrator with nearly twenty years experience and serves as permanent arbitrator on the panels of the United States Postal Service. He has co-authored five books and over 30 articles in such journals as Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, Arbitration Journal, Journal of Labor Research, and Labor Law Journal.ALI RASSULI is Associate Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics and Finance in the School of Business Management Sciences at Indiana University at Fort Wayne Professor Rassuli has published extensively in labor relations and labor economics topics. His articles have appeared in journals such as Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, Toledo Law Review, and Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector.

• Preface Introduction Introduction to Public Sector Labor Law An Introduction to Labor Law and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector The Public Sector and Collective Bargaining The Law Administrative Law Agencies and Their Functions Unionization, Organization, and Employee-Employer Rights The Law and Negotiations Impasse Procedures The Effects of Law on Collective Bargaining Bargaining During the Life of the Contract Public Sector Labor Law: Conclusions, Trends, and Possibilities Appendix: Public Employment Board Rules and Regulations of the Iowa Code Annotated Bibliography Index