10.2190/F3JP-34G6-BV3H-7KDG F3JP34G6BV3H7KDG 0 THE EFFECT OF PUBLIC POLICY ON STRIKE ACTIVITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=F3JP34G6BV3H7KDG 2 DANE M. PARTRIDGE A study by Burton and Krider was the first effort to use multiple regression analysis with public sector strike data. They examined strike activity in the local government, noneducation sector during the 1968-1971 period. The present study extends the research of Burton and Krider by considering the most recent time period for which data are available, 1974-1980, and additional measures of public policy. The results indicate that several environmental factors, most notably the percentage of personal income paid in state and local taxes, were consistently significantly related to public sector strike activity. The only public policy measure which was relatively consistently significant was the limited right-to-strike.