incorporate the decline in trade union coverage as both a result and a cause of this change in approach. Since the 1980s‚ Australian employers have become increasingly hostile towards trade unions over and due their perceived excessive involvement in bargaining for employment conditions‚ arbitration and disputes. This has created the phenomenon that’s been termed employer militancy. Alexander et al. (2008:97) define employer militancy as ‘willingness of employers to use legal action to secure punitive
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MGT 516 Case Based Study Module 4 Date: 01/10/2011 BACKGROUND: A union is an organization of workers‚ acting collectively‚ seeking to promote and protect its mutual interests through collective bargaining. However‚ before we can examine the activities surrounding the collective bargaining process‚ it is important to understand the laws that govern the labor-management process‚ what unions are and how employees unionize. Although the current percentage of the workforce that is unionized has
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States labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions‚ engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work‚ and take collective action including strike if necessary. The act also created the National Labor Relations Board‚ which conducts elections that can require employers to engage in collective bargaining with labor unions . The Act does not apply to workers who are covered by the Railway Labor Act‚ agricultural employees‚ domestic
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Pennsylvania November 7-10‚ 2007 Jeffrey I. Pasek Charles J. Kawas Cozen O’Connor 1900 Market Street Philadelphia‚ PA 19103 (215) 665-2000 I. INTRODUCTION II. THE GENERAL DUTY TO FURNISH INFORMATION A. B. Creation of the Duty 1. Union Must be the Bargaining Party 2. The Nature of the Union’s Request for Information The Information Requested Must be Relevant and in Good Faith 1. III. IV. C. Information Requests Must not be too Cumbersome for Either Party D. Union’s Duty to Furnish Information
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Individual Assignment Labor Laws and Unions Jack Metcalf HRM/531 October 31‚ 2010 Thea M. Tolbert MPA Ford Motor Company Outline Background: * Ford Motor Company started a manufacturing revolution in the 20th century. Now‚ it has grown into one of the most successful and largest automakers in the world. The company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford in Detroit Michigan and employs over 198‚000 people in over 90 plants and facilities worldwide‚ the company posted a net income of
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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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