MG420 DL Labor Relations
Research Assignment
(Your name)
(Date of submission)
Instructor’s Name 1. Define the term “collective bargaining” and list and describe four issues that are mandatory components of a collective bargaining agreement.

Tips for success:

• Have a clear Introduction, Body, and Conclusion for each question.

• If I ask you to define something, please do not give me something from a dictionary. Be more creative than that.

• Make sure you follow the MLA formatting style. You should be familiar with this by now. Note: I prefer, so I required, the use of parenthetical citations (I hate to have to scroll to see your references)

• Make sure your source is credible. For example, do not give me anything you saw at Wikipedia.org – Wikipedia is a free-for-all site. Anyone can publish there, but these sources are not credible.

• Make sure you discuss the relevance and/or applicability (to the question) of the source material you are using (and citing) in support of your offering. Paraphrasing or summarizing is always a nice touch. Here's an example from a previous student's paper: "The May 2010 issue of EPSU (http://www.something.something) discusses the plight of French firefighters who took action to try to get the government to declare their jobs as dangerous and to agree to special retirement agreements. At the time of the writing of this article, the firefighters and the government were preparing for what would be sure to be upcoming demonstrations. The same May 2010 issue discusses the launch of opposition against the government due to job cuts. It is the French government’s intention to cut at least 15% or their workforce or at least 5000 jobs between now and 2011. This demonstrates to us that collective bargaining is not just an action that is taken here in the United States, but in almost any country where labor seeks not only to be gainfully employed, but to be employed under conditions that will allow them to grow and to prosper as individuals."

• Make sure you check, and double-check the hyperlinks you provide to me. A common error is to do a search using an online library service or database and include the hyperlink to the article you are using only to find out that when I or someone else clicks on it, you need a user name and password to get to the article. Make sure your hyperlink takes me directly to the article.

• Make sure you follow the directions I've included in the Research Assignment itself. I know what I asked you to do, how I asked you to do it, and when I asked you to do it. You should know that information as well.

• Plagiarism. Don't go there ~~ not even close to there. Know what it is, and know what it's not. Be aware that we online instructors get a feeling for your writing style by reading your conference thread postings. When the writing style in your paper is a clear departure from what you've shown me in the past, I get "curious". Do the work, and use your own words.

• Back up your work.

• Do not wait until the last minute to get started on this. Use your project management and time management skills. Know that as they say in the commercial "Life comes at you fast". Things happen, and it is rarely our fault. We don't always achieve our goals. If, at the time of the deadline (which is Sunday of week 6) you have not completed the entire assignment, then submit what have up to that time. Include a note at the beginning of your paper letting me know that you have not completed all you would have liked to do. Some credit is better than no credit.

• Make sure your next question is restated at the top of the next page. If you are using Word, and this was the last part of your answer to question 1, then at the space next to the last "g" in the word something (below), you would click on "Insert" from the menu bar, then "break", then "page break". Other word-processing programs have similar methods of achieving this.

Remember

According to MLA style, you must have a Works Cited page at the end of your research paper. All entries in the Works Cited page must correspond to the works cited in your main text. See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/

2. List and discuss three U.S. laws that support collective bargaining, and three examples of employer unfair labor practices.

Notice that this question starts at the top of the next available page after all you have to offer for the Q1 has been completed.

Questions 3 and 4 and your Works Cited page must follow the same format – each starting at the next available page once the preceding question has been answered!

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First name Last Name MG240 Research Assignment.[file extension]

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