10.2190/U1W0-60R4-7WCM-K7N2 U1W060R47WCMK7N2 0 THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR ALL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME? 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=U1W060R47WCMK7N2 3 ROBERT SEBRIS, JR. State and local public employees have been excluded from coverage of the National Labor Relations Act for about forty years. Bargaining rights have been extended to these workers through gradual state-by-state enactment. This paper reviews the status of state policy and legislation and the growing probability of federal interaction in this area.