10.2190/M3RT-0E0R-PXD8-F8KR M3RT0E0RPXD8F8KR 0 PRIVATIZATION OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR: <em>DE FACTO</em> STANDARDIZATION OF LABOR LAW 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=M3RT0E0RPXD8F8KR 1 DAVID A. DILTS This article reviews the statutory and constitutional rights of public employees to join and form labor unions. However, the right to bargain collectively depends on the jurisdiction enacting protective legislation. Privatization has been one method whereby public sector unionization is often thought to be threatened. However, privatization of public services also transforms public employees into private sector employees whose collective bargaining rights are already protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Privatization therefore provides for the possibility of standardizing labor law under the N.L.R.A.