practices in unions Barbara L. Rau University of Wisconsin‚ Oshkosh‚ United States a r t i c l e Keywords: Union administration Union management HR practices i n f o a b s t r a c t Unions‚ like other service industry and/or nonprofit employers‚ are uniquely dependent upon the performance of their human resources to ensure organizational success. Consequently‚ unions have much to gain from adopting a more strategic focus in the management of their vital human talent. While some unions are moving
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the Union Unions were created with the everyday worker in mind‚ an opposite to the previous mindset where the employer ruled his employee and the employee had no recourse. Unions helped pave the way for many of the current rights we have in place for American workers today; such as the length of the workday and weekly hours‚ child labor laws‚ minimum salary requirements‚ workers compensation and safe working conditions. With so much advancement in the American workforce because of Unions‚ it is
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Three HR activities support an organization 1. Recruitment and Selection • To streamline the hiring process and improve the selection of qualified applicants. • Ensure that we have the right people in the right place and in the right time. • Recruiters also examine processes for filling vacancies such as communication with hiring managers‚ assessing the accuracy and usefulness of job descriptions and whether pre-employment assessments are really helpful in identifying solid candidates
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Labor Unions: Aging Dinosaur or Sleeping Giant? The Labor Movement and Unionism Background and Brief History Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! These famous words echoed throughout the United States beginning in ô1790 with the skilled craftsmenö (Dessler‚ 1997‚ p. 544). For the last two-hundred years‚ workers of all trades have been fighting for their rights and ôseeking methods of improving their living standards‚ working conditions‚ and job securityö (Boone‚ 1996
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Proposal: SR-ht-003 for Huffman Trucking Proposal: SR-ht-003 for Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking ’s central maintenance facility in Cleveland‚ Ohio and presently has hubs in Los Angeles‚ California‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ and Bayonne‚ New Jersey. To effectively manage their business‚ it is critical that Huffman Trucking can share information regarding vehicles maintenance with each of its hubs‚ including parts inventory and vendor data. Huffman Trucking needs a solution that would allow them
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Benefits that are important to employees: A review of employee benefit programs Quinella D. Course: GB520 Individual Research Paper Date: October 9‚ 2012 Abstract When employees look for employment compensation is important. However‚ employee benefits programs can be the deciding factor when it comes down to decision making; accept or decline a job offer. Having a “good benefits package” is the most desired attributes in an employer and it attracts human talent (Conlin‚ 2008)
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requirements for employee benefits As we discussed earlier in this chapter‚ some benefits are required by law. This requirement adds to the cost of compensating employees. Organizations looking for ways to control staffing costs may look for ways to structure the workforce so as to minimize the expense of benefits. They may require overtime rather than adding new employee‚ hire part-time rather than full-time workers(because part-time employees generally receive much smaller benefits packages)
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Employee Benefits Required by Law The legally required employee benefits constitute nearly a quarter of the benefits package that employers provide. These benefits include employer contributions to Social Security‚ unemployment insurance‚ and workers’ compensation insurance. Altogether such benefits represent about twenty-one and half percent of payroll costs. Social Security Social Security is the federally administered insurance system. Under current federal laws‚ both employer and
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Final Paper Union Campaigning Process Campaigning is something that is done in many aspects of life. It breaks down to basically creating arguments to sell yourself or your company to a group of people. President hopefuls set out on a campaign trail every four years to try and get people to vote for them. I always thought that this was the only form of campaigning‚ but I was incorrect. Employers and Unions both use campaigning to get workers to either avoid‚ or join a union. Each side has
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Workers formed unions so that they could have some say over wages‚ hours‚ working conditions‚ and the many other problems that arise in the relationship between a worker and employer. Unions are important because they help set the standards for education‚ skill levels‚ wages‚ working conditions‚ and quality of life for workers. Union-negotiated wages and benefits are generally superior to what non-union workers receive (http://www.iuoe.org). Unions over the past 100 years have been shrinking and
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