The Union Demand for Recognition and Bargaining Rights
I. – Evaluation of Claims Made By the Union Before entering in the matter of analysing the claims made by the union will precede to define "a labor union as an organization of employees formed to advance, through collective action, its members interests with regard to wages and working conditions"(Ivancevich, 2010,p.497). Therefore, companies should have unions to protect employee’s rights and create corporate environments in which employees are treated fairly by employers. “Labor unions continue to provide a number of important benefits to workers across the country (Conrad, 2012). The current scenario presents claims made by the union in which the union filed claims against the company for employers’ constant interrogations to employees about the union activities. Employees received threats that the company will deprive them of benefits if electing the union. There was an additional claim made by the union in which the union states that the employees were threatening for not disclosing the names of other employees attending the union meetings. The union also considers that the company had no right informing the employees about knowing of the operations of joining a union. Also, the union claim that the company tried to dissuade employees from joining the union by offering to pay them certain medical benefits. Such offerings and questioning was perceived by the union as acts intended to discourage employees from joining the union. The union considers that the company should found in violation of the act, and should stop and desist of such practices. The union is also asking that the corporation acknowledges the presence and the bargaining power of the union. The organization must stop using interfering practices that are prohibiting the union from fulfilling its role. The union of the company filed