MG420 DL Labor Relations Research Assignment (Arthur Crump) (September 27‚ 2009) Professor Stroud 1. Define and discuss the term “collective bargaining.” Include and discuss [showing relevance or applicability] a current web-based news item/magazine article about a real life example of a collective bargaining action. Write a succinct and complete summary on the contents of the article you ’ve provided along with your critical comments about that article. Support your findings with referenced
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Relations Board (NLRB)‚ which serves as the prevailing body for union movement in the United States. Initially‚ the Wagner Act led to major union domination over companies. To achieve a better balance between unions and management‚ in 1947‚ Congress passed the Labor-Management Relations Act (also called the Taft-Hartley Act). Industrial scenario was extensively changed after 1930s. New federal laws allowed employees to negotiate their work structure‚ such as‚ wages‚ job hours and overtime pay. Workers
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MG420-Labor Relations April 2012 Research Assignment Table of Contents 1. Define and discuss the term "collective bargaining." Include and discuss [showing relevance or applicability] at least one reference found in our text‚ along with a current web-based news item/magazine article about a real life example of a collective bargaining action. Write a succinct and complete summary on the contents of the article you ’ve provided along with your critical comments about that article. Support
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 Union: A formal association of workers that promotes the interests of its member through collective action. Generally‚ The Union workers receive higher wages and benefits then do non-union workers. However Unions can be associated with high Productivity. Why Do Workers Join Unions? Worker’s Join Union Primarily because of management failure to address organizational & job-related concerns. What Do Unions Want? Unions have 2 Sets of aims: Union Security: Five Types
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“Management strategies in industrial relations are the result of constrained rational choice‚ but are always aimed at maintaining security within the organisation’s decision-making process.” Salamon (1987) If one is to fully appreciate Salamon’s statement it is necessary to understand the fundamental principles of industrial relations and be aware of relevant factors which have altered the context of the employment relationship‚ since the traditional ‘master’ and ‘servant’ relationship of the
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asda UNIT 24: EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SUBMITTED BY: [Type the author name] TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1. Wal-Mart’s and ASDA’s approach to resisting 2 trade union organisation as unitarist or pluralist (union substitution or suppression) 2. Examples of the strategy they appear to have adopted 3 3. Changes to trade unionism (certainly since the 1980’s) have affected employee relations
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Ivery 2/11/2013 Intro to Business 1013 How Businesses Are Organized There are several ways that a business can be organized to define its structure. The main types of businesses are sole proprietorship‚ corporations‚ partnerships and limited- liability companies. How a business is organized explains how its taxes are paid‚ and accounts for profit and how it manages the liability by its owners. In the bylaws state that every organization has its own purpose and what it does. It has its
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Creating “world-class” organizations through effecting Employee Relations in the workplace. Introduction Globalisation has become an increasingly important factor in today’s business model. Organisational survival and longevity are now closely linked to a strategy of seeking to be considered "world class". But why is this so important and what does globalisation mean. As described by wikipedia "Globalisation is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views
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Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements Strayer University BUS 310 Prof. Robert High March 15‚ 2009 Outline Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements I. History of the American Labor Movement a. Labor and Employee Laws b. The Union II. Labor Relation Process c. Public-Sector Labor Relations
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The Organized Labor Movement It was in the 1800’s‚ that the United States started to gain considerable wealth because of industrial expansion. Along with this it provided a wider variety of cheaper goods. Then economic growth started to cause issues‚ the people working were struggling to survive. Women‚ immigrants and minorities faced discrimination (Lapsansky-Werner 91). Immigrants started to take up a large portion of the workforce because they were willing to work for low wages and that was
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