some resistance or reluctance to modifying the law. With the creation and assistance of the Taylor Law, members of many organizations including the Albany, New York, Fire Department were able to unionize, becoming one of the strongest political organizations. In 1970 was the birth of Union Local 2007, which was also responsible in paving the way for all other public sector unions in Albany, New York. The Taylor Law has been a frequent target for upstate New York anti-union activists; they claim that it severely limits the ability of governments to limit spending on unionized labor, with minimal recourse in the event the unions illegally strike. One particular clause, the Triborough Amendment, mandates that in the event of a lack of a contract, the terms of the previous contract continue indefinitely. This amendment protects workers when contracts expire before an agreement is reached, as otherwise, governments could simply wait until contracts expire, and then unilaterally alter the terms. The Conservative Party of New York State, which seeks the abolition of the amendment, argues that the amendment's guarantee of a perpetual contract eliminates any incentive for unions to negotiate in good faith. Others have made the argument that while there is no corollary to the Triborough Amendment under the National Labor Relations Act, which governs private sector workers, those workers may strike at impasse. Some unions believe it would be fundamentally unfair to eliminate the Triborough Amendment but at the same time continuing the Taylor Law's prohibition against strikes. To do so would provide no incentive for management to negotiate a fair contract since it could always just change the contract as it saw fit after reaching impasse, leaving the workers and unions with no legal recourse. That would be completely unprecedented in American labor law. The Buffalo Teachers Federation, for instance, illegally struck in September 2000, which delayed the start of the school year. References External links New York State Public Employees Fair Employment Act — The Taylor Law from the NYS Governor's Office of Employee Relations NYS Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Full Text of the Taylor Law from the NYS Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Finding aid to the George W. Taylor papers at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Finding aid to the George W. Taylor papers at the University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library Archives. Labor relations in the United States New York (state) statutes 1967 in