Industrial Relations: Ideological Perspectives By Femi Aborisade Centre for Labour Studies & The Polytechnic‚ Ibadan aborisadefemi@gmail.com INTRODUCTION This paper identifies the key theories in industrial relations and draws out their implications on the concern for achieving ‘basic needs for all’. The following theories are examined: the political theories of Unitarism and Pluralism; the economistic theory; the democratic and political theory; the moral and ethical theory‚ and the
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Labor Relations Labor relations can refer generally to any association between workers and management about employment circumstances. Most frequently‚ labor relations refers to dealings involving a workforce that is already unionized and management‚ or has the potential to become unionized. Labor relations are vital to organizations. The National Labor Relations Act was passed in the 1930s‚ which gave workers the right to bargain collectively and form unions in the United States (http://www.investorglossary
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Employee Relations Paired Report Assignment. Trade Unions and Furniture-CO 12/13/2010 By: Raminder Pall: K0904895 Freddie Darlison: K0815445 Executive Summary Research conducted shows that Trade unions in the past provided help and advice on issues and problems at work on behalf of employees affected. However since the 21st century unionship has declined mainly due to evolution of technology and the introduction to the service sector. Women today join more trade unions than men this is
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Many Ngeth‚ Student # 0195716 Case 6-2 Longlife Health Management and Care Workers’ Union pg. 252 Central Problem: Longlife Health Management (the employer) is a company contracted to provide health care aides (the employees) to work at a senior citizens’ facility. The Care Workers’ Union (the Union) has been trying to organize a campaign to represent the health care aides as a bargaining unit. The Employer upon hearing about the union organizing campaign had sent out a memorandum to the employees
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Employee relations may be defined as those policies and practices which are concerned with the management and regulation of relationships between the organisation‚ the individual staff member‚ and groups of staff within the working environment. The objective of the policies and practices are to create • An effective mechanism for communication and participation • A safe and secure work environment • Commitment for the employer and motivation for the employees Employment relationships are built
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MBA5241E - Winter 2013 Managerial Accounting Information and Decision Case Analysis Team Members: Table of Contents 1. Background The London Public Library is an organization spanning the city of London‚ delivering services from 16 physical locations. The core services of the library include reference‚ reader’s advisory and referral; collections and lending; technology services; programming and community outreach. The library is focused on literacy
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PERSPECTIVES UNITARY THEORY Workplace “has one source of authority and one source of loyalty” (Fox 1996: p. 3) - Dunlop (1958) argues that in a unitary theory‚ work organizations are integrated institutions with workers and management working in harmony. - Thus no conflict thesis is a dubious integration. It thrives on assumptions that all workers identify not only with the aims of the enterprise but also with the operating methods (Seifert 1992)
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Public transport could be made free of charge. Are there more advantages or disadvantages to this change? In many countries around the world there is considerable debate about the role of public transport. One suggestion that is commonly put forward is that it should be made free of charge. My belief is that while this policy might be difficult to implement in practice‚ there are at least two strong reasons for considering it. The one significant problem with making public transport free
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Chapter 16: Labour Relations Labour union: an officially recognized association of employees practicing a similar trade or employed in the same company or industry who have joined together to present a united front and collective voice in dealing with management. -the purpose of unionization are to influence HR policies and practices that affect bargaining unit members such as pay and benefits. Labour- management relations: the ongoing interactions between labour unions and management in organizations
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IR issues in Indian Airline industry: 1. Indian Airline industry-introduction‚ definition and overview about this industry. 2. Trade unions in Airline Industry- Explaining everything about unionism. How trade unions are formed? Rules/laws related to trade unions in Indian airline industry. 3. Collective Bargaining- How collective bargaining takes place in this industry. Rules/laws related to this collective bargaining in this industry. 4. Machinery for Settlement of Industrial Disputes 5. Workers’
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