specify the rights of employees to engage in union activities. As a result‚ Section 7 of this act allows employees to‚ self-organize‚ as well as‚ give contributions to employment organizations. Also‚ the act allows bargaining of laborious activities for the purpose of collective bargaining‚ other benefits and/or for employee’s protection. On the other hand‚ section 8 of this act fundamentally prohibited interfering with the rights of employees. Therefore‚ the Wagner act formed the National Labor Relations
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Most Important Readings: * Yates - Collective Bargaining * Freeman- What Workers Want * Sweet and Meiksins - Globalization * Scott reading on free trade Major Themes: 1. Government‚ Politics and Labor Unions 2. Collective Bargaining 3. Globalization and Free Trade 1. Government and Labor Unions Workers and labor unions can achieve change either in the economic arena (unionizing and collective bargaining) or in the governmental arena. Over the past 75 years‚ some
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‘employees shall have the right to self-organization‚ to form‚ join‚ or assist labor organizations‚ to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing‚ and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection’ “ (Kohler‚ 2004). In addition‚ the labor laws tend to favor employee and union relationships. Labor laws do provide protection for union employees against wage inequality by defining standard minimum
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Class 3 Anti-trust Laws Nature and Purposes of the Antitrust Laws * Prohibits agreements and collective action that unreasonably restrain trade. [section1] * Prohibits monopolization and attempted monopolization [section 2] * Purpose is to preserve a competitive marketplace and protect consumer welfare. NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma * S.C. established an analytical framework for applying antitrust law to the sports industry. * The “competition itself”
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theorists saw them as a key ingredient of the capitalist economy and social democracy” (Gospel and Wood 2003‚ p.2). Throughout the years‚ trade union density and membership in Britain‚ as well as the proportion of the workforce covered by collective bargaining‚ have declined significantly. Nevertheless‚ trade unions have strongly influenced developments at the national level‚ including minimum wage campaigns and union recognition procedures (Gospel and Wood 2003‚ p.1). However‚ can unions still be “perceived
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Union Management and Organization Labor Relations 405 November 3‚ 2012 Union Management and Organization In the 1950’s the typical employee in America was a white male with no more than a high school degree. One out of three women was part of the civilian labor force and minorities made up only ten percent of the workforce. Most of the employees were blue-collar workers. The typical occupations were manufacturing‚ construction‚ mining‚ and unskilled labor positions. There were only
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organisations such as the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe‚ Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation. Suppliers (Bargaining power of suppliers) Determinants of Supplier Power Supplier concentration There are only two suppliers of aeroplanes mainly Boeing and Airbus (Odell‚ Mark); therefore it means that the suppliers have high bargaining powers such that our negotiating power is minimal. Airline cannot easily switch suppliers‚ therefore most firms have long term contracts
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The Role of Unions in Improving and Disrupting an Organization’s Culture Describing and identifying the importance of abstract terms is a difficult task because their meaning rely more on substance than form. For this and other reasons‚ individuals as well as organizations tend to overlook or underestimate their importance for a successful career and for the effective functioning of an organization. “Organizational Culture” is one of those terms‚ we can’t see it‚ but we can feel and experience
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The first unions were organized during the economic depression of the 1820s. The Sherman Antitrust Act‚ enacted in 1890‚ was initially applied to any activity that interrupted the free flow of commerce. Applied to unions to stifle their activity. The Clayton Act‚ enacted in 1914 with good intent toward labor‚ exacerbated the problem by strengthening the application of the Sherman Act against labor. A yellow-dog contract is a stipulation mandated by the employer that the employee will not
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permanent status allows the arbitrator to become intimately knowledgeable about the industry‚ the company‚ and the union‚ and helps in providing a stable union-management relationship. The arbitrator’s jurisdiction evolves from the collective bargaining agreement‚ with most arbitrators being selected on an ad hoc basis. With the ad hoc basis‚ the arbitrator is selected on a case-by-case basis‚ which provides flexibility in the use of different arbitrators in addressing specific grievance issues
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