The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the way for collective bargaining by the State Employees Attorneys' Guild, concluding that public-sector attorneys can serve two masters - their government employers and union leaders. In reaching its decision, the Supreme Court struck down a controversial 1994 law which prohibited public sector attorneys from organizing. The law, justices said, was unconstitutional because it hindered the right of workers to collectively bargain.
May 28, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the way for collective bargainingby the State Employees Attorneys’ Guild, concluding that public-sectorattorneys can serve two masters – their government employers and unionleaders.
In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Charles T. Wells last week,the state’s highest court rejected the state’s argument that allowingpublic sector attorneys to unionize could jeopardize the loyalty ofstate agency advocates.
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