com/article/2013/09/14/autos-gm-union-idINL2N0HA0JF20130914 The autoworkers union and General Motors Canada have reached a tentative agreement that would extend their existing contract for production and skilled trade workers at its assembly plant in Ingersoll‚ Ontario for an additional four years. With the tentative deal in place workers can somewhat be assured that their jobs are secured for at least four years‚ with job security may bring a sense of Job Satisfaction. Employees may feel more satisfied with their jobs knowing
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companies should elevate HR to a position of power and primacy in the organization‚ and make sure HR people have the special qualities to help managers build leaders and careers.” (Jack Welch 2005: 98) Surviving in this era of globalization‚ organizations face varying degree of challenges to remain relevant and to obtain that ‘extra’ competitive edge. In doing so‚ HR managers play a vital role in ensuring that strategies adopted by the organization are fully supported. The challenges faced by HR managers
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the aches and distress of an auto worker on the rivet line in the 1970 ’s and 80 ’s. This book describes and gives a picture of the reality of working class life and the impact the United Auto Workers (UAW) had on Hamper and his colleagues ’ working conditions. Hamper ’s recollection of his and hundreds of other American workers experiences on the assembly line is simultaneously hilarious and tragic. The UAW not only impacted working conditions for the GM workers of the time but affected working
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Should governments reduce the use of foreign workers to overcome youth unemployment? Youth unemployment is the unemployment of young people aged between 15 to 24 years old. Based on a new report by the International Labour Organization‚ the worldwide youth unemployment rate has remained high‚ at 12.6 percent in 2011 and 12.7 percent in 2012. This indicates that globally‚ nearly 75 million of youngsters are unemployed. (Refer to Figure 1) The youth unemployment possibly be the biggest concern and
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Johnson February 24‚ 2015 Interview of a HR Manager / Specialist For my interview of a HR manager or specialist I chose to interview someone from a popular company who has a plant local to where I live in Oxford‚ PA. I interviewed Eric Maholmes the Human resource director for Tastycake which is now Flowers Baking Company of Oxford‚ Inc. I asked Eric a variety of questions from his educational background‚ to his duties as director‚ and what the hardest parts of his job are. Mr. Maholmes
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Should gay marriage be legal? Gay marriage should be legal because as woman and man‚ all individuals have the same right in society; because same-sex couples can constitute a good based family; because it is just a way to make official a common union nowadays‚ even with the religious issue; because it is not related to polygamy; and because love matters and it does not differ in nature according to the sex of its object or the person who experiences it. The first reason why same sex marriage
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Damar Purnell Larry Blasco English 101 November 29th 2010 Should Cheerleading be Considered a Sport? A sport is defined as “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature” (Dictionary.com). Someone can’t roll out of bed and be an amazing cheerleader. Cheerleading is an activity that takes massive amounts of skill and physical prowess‚ but on July 22nd of 2010 Connecticut Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled competitive cheerleading as not being a sport
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some people think that music should be censored so all audiences can hear it without containing and controversial lyrics. Other’s believe it should not be censored and musical artists should be able to speak‚ sing‚ rap‚ or rhyme freely without anyone censoring them. "Whether a person finds a work obscene depends largely on his or her moral or religious beliefs. These views change with each generation and further complicate the censoring dilemma." this quote is very true. Religious or moral beliefs
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In the article‚ Some Washington blueberry growers have admitted that they systematically violated the rights of their agricultural workers over a period of years‚ by Nicholas K. Geranios depicts how the blueberry worker’s rights are being violated by companies like Blue Mountain Farms. Furthermore‚ the editorial details how such Walla Walla blueberry growers have been recurrently failing to pay minimum wage and overtime pay for workers as early as 2011. Hence‚ in 2013 the U.S. Department of Labor
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Who benefits from participative management? Pascale Benoliel and Anit Somech Faculty of Education‚ University of Haifa‚ Haifa‚ Israel Abstract Purpose – This study seeks to explore the moderating role of teachers’ personality traits from the Big Five typology on the relationship between participative management and teacher outcomes with respect to performance‚ satisfaction and strain. The study suggests that participative management may produce different results depending on teachers’ personality
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