Industrial Labor Relations Mgmt 4531.01 Spring 2011 Strength In Numbers Nurses and Labor Unions Justine Steele Strength in Numbers – Nurses and Labor Unions The mission is successful negotiation of fair wages‚ safe working conditions and exemplary patient care. Can the nation’s labor unions help nursing healthcare professionals meet these mission goals? Battles are currently being fought to preserve and reform the Nation’s healthcare system. Along with proposed changes to the affordability
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Participatory development‚ characterized by the active involvement and commitment of the community‚ is focussed on addressing the needs that the beneficiaries themselves deem necessary. Participation involves shifting power dynamics and relations from the traditionally dominant groups within any community towards those often excluded. It came up in response to the top-down approaches that dominated the 50s and 60s wherein the West was the sole model of development and power was concentrated in the
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This case describes the reorganization of drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) following the formation of GSK from the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. This reorganization placed nearly 2‚000 research scientists into six centers of excellence in drug discovery (CEDD). Each CEDD focused on a small set of therapeutic areas and possessed decision rights over the progression of pharmaceutical compounds through the early stages of development. It addresses issues about the benefits
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IntroductionVictoria was born on May 9‚ 2009 at 6:32pm. She is three-fourths Italian and one-fourth Puerto Rican. She is an only child and has few friends her age outside of her daycare that she plays with. Her mother and father are now both living in the same home as Victoria after recently being separated and sharing custody for almost eight months. She seems to really enjoy having both of her parents in the home at the same time. Victoria has a one year old dog whose name is ’’Marley’’ and she
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Country Report on the Trade Union Situation in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Office: No.4‚ Adams Avenue‚ Colombo 4‚ Sri Lanka. Phone: 94 1 502 710‚ Fax: 94 1 502727 e-mail: office@fessrilanka.org Website: http://www.fessrilanka.org Sri Lanka Labour force: 7.2 million 25-29 30-39 40+ 15.5 16.8 6.5 . Labour force participation rate by age and sex Age All ages 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40+ Total % 51.7 25.2 68.7 71.6 71.8 54.9 Male % 67.9 30.6 83.3 95.3 96.9 76.5 Female % 35.9 35.9 54.0 51
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The European Welfare System Introduction In a previous lecture I explained the concept of ‘welfare system’ whereby different countries across the world organize and distribute welfare goods and services through an interlocking of five areas of provision: state and public sector agencies; market and businesses; family and kinship support; local community bodies; and civil society both in national and international forms. In short‚ a ‘welfare system’ is born of‚ and embedded in‚ particular interactions
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Decline of Trade Unions For most of the 20th century‚ unions have had a most important place in the working life of many employees. From 1914 to 1990‚ 2 out of 5 workers were members of a union. At the turn of the new century new developments were brought about‚ like globalization‚ changes in workforce demographics and rapid technological advancements. Changes in the political and economical spheres have also contributed in the decline of the Trade Unions. These developments have had a strong
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UNION-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING The test of a “Good” Relationship is whether we believe it provides us: a) what we want-- solid substantive outcomes‚ b) peace of mind‚ and c) an ability to deal with differences. If these basic needs are being met for one or both parties‚ any effort to improve the relationship will likely be unnecessary or unproductive. The key to a relationship-building effort is a sincere acknowledgement by both parties that their relationship is difficult or unproductive
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The European Energy Market For several years now the European Union‚ the largest regional trading block in the world‚ has been trying to liberalize its energy market‚ replacing the markets of its 27 member states with a single continent wide market for electricity and gas. The first phase of liberalization went into effect in June 2007. When fully implemented‚ the ability of energy producers to sell electricity and gas across national borders will be improved‚ increasing competition. The road
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framework that focuses on unions ’ ability to shift demand curves rather than to raise wages‚ as is the case in the private sector. It reviews the public sector labor relations literature and finds that: (i) public sector unionism has flourished as a result of changes in laws; (2) the effects of public sector unions on wages are likely to have been underestimated; (3) public sector unions have a somewhat different effect on wage structures than do private sector unions; () compulsory arbitration
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