10.2190/PPHC-LX9Q-Q0C1-D43G PPHCLX9QQ0C1D43G 0 IMPASSE PROCEDURES AND STRIKES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: THE CASES OF THE USA AND WEST GERMANY 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=PPHCLX9QQ0C1D43G 1 BERNDT K. KELLER This paper compares relevant aspects of public sector labor relations in the U. S. and West Germany: the differing degrees of centralization of the bargaining systems, scopes of bargaining, codetermination and management rights, supervisory unionism, disputes of rights and of interest, unionization of public employees and organizational patterns, problems of bargaining structures, unilateral decision making, and the meet-and-confer approach. Comparative data are also provided on impasse procedures and strikes.