Trade Union and Hormel
Post-Negotiation and Case Analysis for ABC/Local 190
Group 9
Xiangnan Liu, Jing Zhang, Miao Hou, Qun Xie, Yiping Cao
03/11/2013
1.1 Parties involved in the Hormel negotiations.
In the Hormel negotiations, there are four main parties, Hormel Company, union Local P-9, United Food and Commercial Workers international（UFCW）and Local P-10er, which stands for dissident group of Local P-9.
1.2 Primary goals/interests of each party.
The primary goal of Hormel Company was to keep the wages of workers as low as possible to maintain the low labor cost. Since, some other meatpackers had come across situation that their costs were out of line and cause them hard to recover. The Hormel&Co did not want to encounter that situation, so they tried to keep the cost on workers low.
Union Local P-9 was the union that represented all workers in Hormel Austin plant. The main goal of Local P-9 was to ensure that workers get the wages that they should earn. P-9 believed wages of workers should be based on profitability of companies. The Local P-9 developed Corporate Campaign programs to fight with Hormel Company. The union believed if they can embarrass the Hormel long enough, they would finally win the fight.
United Food and Commercial Workers international is the parent of P-9. UFCW always work with local union, but this time P-9 casted away UFCW and tried to win the game all by their own. The UFCW considered the P-9’s approach not appropriate. UFCW is interested in giving some strategic advices to P-9 to guiding P-9 to right method.
P-10 disagreed with union P-9, their main goal was to try to correct what they believed union P-9 have done wrong.
1.3 Two pairs of parties that are in conflict with each other and reasons why they are in conflict.
First Local P-9 was definitely in conflict with Hormel Company. The Hormel Company tried to cut the wages and Local P-9 struggled to guarantee the rights of workers. Before the union took action, the
Group 9
Xiangnan Liu, Jing Zhang, Miao Hou, Qun Xie, Yiping Cao
03/11/2013
1.1 Parties involved in the Hormel negotiations.
In the Hormel negotiations, there are four main parties, Hormel Company, union Local P-9, United Food and Commercial Workers international（UFCW）and Local P-10er, which stands for dissident group of Local P-9.
1.2 Primary goals/interests of each party.
The primary goal of Hormel Company was to keep the wages of workers as low as possible to maintain the low labor cost. Since, some other meatpackers had come across situation that their costs were out of line and cause them hard to recover. The Hormel&Co did not want to encounter that situation, so they tried to keep the cost on workers low.
Union Local P-9 was the union that represented all workers in Hormel Austin plant. The main goal of Local P-9 was to ensure that workers get the wages that they should earn. P-9 believed wages of workers should be based on profitability of companies. The Local P-9 developed Corporate Campaign programs to fight with Hormel Company. The union believed if they can embarrass the Hormel long enough, they would finally win the fight.
United Food and Commercial Workers international is the parent of P-9. UFCW always work with local union, but this time P-9 casted away UFCW and tried to win the game all by their own. The UFCW considered the P-9’s approach not appropriate. UFCW is interested in giving some strategic advices to P-9 to guiding P-9 to right method.
P-10 disagreed with union P-9, their main goal was to try to correct what they believed union P-9 have done wrong.
1.3 Two pairs of parties that are in conflict with each other and reasons why they are in conflict.
First Local P-9 was definitely in conflict with Hormel Company. The Hormel Company tried to cut the wages and Local P-9 struggled to guarantee the rights of workers. Before the union took action, the