MG420 DL Labor Relations Research Assignment 23 April 2011 1. Define and discuss the term “collective bargaining.” Include and discuss [showing relevance or applicability] at least one reference found in our text‚ along with a current web-based news item/magazine article about a real life example of a collective bargaining action. Write a succinct and complete summary on the contents of the article you’ve provided along with your critical comments about that article. Support your findings
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Era to the Humanistic Era is highly dependent on changes in society‚ politics‚ and economic depression going on around that time. The Humanistic Era is made up of two main perspectives: The Human Relations Perspective and the Social Person Perspective. During the Humanistic Era’s Human Relations Perspective‚ companies began to be aware of their role in a larger perspective and environment. Managers also began to understand a need to balance social needs of their staff with the economic needs
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provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act‚ an explanation of the National Labor Board‚ and evaluate Human Resources‚ products‚ and services in collective bargaining. The Taft Hartley Act is another shield that protects a union in the organization. The Labor –Management Relations Act (Taft Hartley Act) of 1947‚ places the federal government in a watchdog position to ensure that union-management relations are fair by both parties (Byars & Rue‚ 2004). With the Taft Hartley Act‚ management and unions can share
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MG420 DL Labor Relations Research Assignment Yajaira Masslow April 29‚ 2012 Jeffrey Cotham 1. Define and discuss the term "collective bargaining." Include and discuss [showing relevance or applicability] at least one reference found in our text‚ along with a current web-based news item/magazine article about a real life example of a collective bargaining action. Write a succinct and complete summary on the contents of the article
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I. The labor law does encourage unionization to keep the employers honest. It protects employees from unfair labor practices‚ and it also provides provisions for the employer as well‚ it protects them from unfair union practices. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA) clearly states that “this law guarantees workers the right to organize and join unions‚ bargain collectively‚ strike‚ and pursue activities that support their objectives. In terms of labor relations‚ the Wagner Act specifically
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1. Does the labor law encourage or discourage unionization? I would have to say the unionization was definitely a policy that was encouraged at West University. These laws that were initiated at the state level were formulated to affect unionization policies that were aimed towards all public employees. These laws were state mandated and any public employee which included that of the RA’s were able to not only join a union‚ but could establish one if they wished as well. These laws also adhered
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resources wage differentials differences in wage between various workers‚ groups of workers‚ or workers within a career field labor market all of the potential employees located within a geographic area from which the organization might be able to hire cost of living allowances clauses in union contacts that automatically increase wages base on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ cost of living index market pricing uses external sources of information about
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individual states public sector unions are not covered by the National Labor Relations Act. Public sector unions’ rights to strike vary depending on state laws as well as negotiation with state government. While many private sector unions’ right to strike is protected by federal law‚ the public sector unions are not. There is variation on how unions are able to strike. For example‚ unions that are operating under the Railway Labor Act must go through a delay period once a contract expires before
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Final Paper Human resources are strategic resources. They provide competitive advantage to organizations. Human resource management is the function of all levels of managers. The field of human resource management is fast changing. New developments‚ especially globalization‚ technical orientation and knowledge workers have made HRM challenging. To be successful and to achieve organizational goals‚ organization should have proper human resource management. Human resource management is one of the
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As a result‚ the twenty-two terminated umpires sued Major League Baseball‚ claiming an unfair labor practice as made “for unlawfully discharging” them. (Lasky‚ Matthew; FMEW; August 1999) The umpires brought their case to the National Labor Relation Board‚ where it was reviewed for several weeks. (Lasky‚ Matthew; FMEW; August 1999) The National Labor Relation Board found no evidence that an unfair labor practice had been made‚ and did not order Major League Baseball to reinstate the twenty-two umpires
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