Public service collective bargaining : a social reform; a new way of life. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1973.

The emergence of public employee unionization and collective bargaining in Wisconsin is described. An overview of and experiences under the Wisconsin's employment relations laws for public employees are given. A summary of the act's significant features and the amendments passed in 1972 is provided.