...“unions can sometimes achieve benefits for their members, they harm the overall economy”(Shrek, 2009). While unions actually promote an overall rise of wages, improvement of working conditions, and many other things not only beneficial to the unionized worker. In addition, workers are able to speak up for themselves without the worry of being laid off or possibly released for doing so. In other words, it can give more confidence of job security without loss of benefits or pensions. Lastly, the American economy’s main industries, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’s data, produce the highest gross domestic product(GDP) and GDP growth. These industries are mainly all unionized. This shows the American economy benefits from unionization, although the overall percentage of unionized workers and companies has decreased...
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...Unions frequently implement Grievance System to settle dispute between worker and management. Hence, these system is only seen as an advantage to the worker. According to the researchers Richard Freeman and James Medoff the union grievance system was equivalent to a 2% wages increase in lowering the rate at which employees left a company. There is sufficient evidence that a union worker are more dissatisfied with their jobs than a non-union workers. This is seems to be the problem that due to which unionization have more dissatisfied workers. As a result, the data recorded indicates that after an organization or industry is unionized, a measurable dissatisfaction. Work rules: unions bargain on work rules into the contract as they bargain with management. These work rules when employee’s collectivity bargain. This limits company’s ability to limit subcontract work to other firms, for example restrict the amount of weight an employee can lift or specify what work non- union employees may not perform. According to the researcher Robert Kaufman found that union company typically had at least some restriction on worker’s performing one another’s jobs and prevent supervisor from production work for purposes other than demonstration. Whereas, non-union companies doesn’t have similar prohibitions. Seniority: In union firms the worker with seniority receives preference in decision about promotion and layoff. Due to this policy there is a sense of job security for the senior employees...
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...Unionization of Ford Motor Company Human Capital Management 531 February 27,2012 professor: Ricky Owen Unionization of Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company Background At the beginning of the century, cars were merely toys that only the rich could afford and were very complicated to drive. Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, he created a car that every typical, average American would be able to afford. Henry Ford was able to produce affordable cars because he introduced the idea of the assembly line to manufacturing the cars. The efficiency in which the cars were manufactured allowed Henry Ford to decrease the cost of the Model "T" from $825 to $575 within four years of the cars debut. As a result, Ford's share of the market was 48%. Cars were assembled by skilled men who performed the same task over and over again from piles of parts. The assembly line was so efficient that the time to create a car reduced from twelve and a half hours to six hours. Legal issues and obstacles that Ford could encounter: Ford Motor Company is an extremely large corporation that must keep, UAW (United Auto Workers), a very large union content. With the collapse of the economy in 2008, many workers and unions have had to compromise with larger companies in order to keep these companies from moving their production outside of the United States. Ford has agreed to "in-source" jobs from Mexico, China, and Japan...
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...Game developers look to unions to fix the industry’s exploitative workplace culture. It was coordinated by the International Game Developers Association (IDGA), a nonprofit membership group that formed in the ‘90s amid conversations about violence in video games, and it was moderated by IGDA president Jen MacLean with the pointed title, “Pros, Cons, and Consequences of Unionization.” From start to finish, it was a tense affair, filled with passionate voices but punctuated at times by MacLean’s pronounced skepticism — mirrored in a telling interview she gave to Kotaku earlier this week— toward the benefits of unionization. The topic of labor organizing is top of mind for game makers at GDC 2018 The topic of game industry labor organizing has...
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...Union | A Dying Institution | | Steve Scarlett | 11/28/2013 | | There is no question that the once strong and powerful American labor unions are now in a slow but steady decline and have been so consistently since the 1960’s (See chart below). Today union membership is at an all-time low. According to a National Review article dated January 28, 2013 “the unionization rate is now 11.2 percent of all workers. Private-sector unionization fell from 6.9 percent to 6.6 percent, and the government unionization rate dropped from 37 percent to 35.9 percent.” Sources: W. Craig Riddell, “Unionization in Canada and the United States: A Tale of Two Countries”; ICTWSS Database A major factor in the weakness of the current labor legislation can be seen in Section 8(b) of the National Labor Relations Act Contributing factors: According to a National Review article dated Jan 28, 2013: by John Fund entitled The Decline of Unions “the unionization rate is now 11.2 percent of all workers. Private-sector unionization fell from 6.9 percent to 6.6 percent, and the government unionization rate dropped from 37 percent to 35.9 percent.” “The last time union membership in the private sector was below the 7 percent it is today was before FDR’s New Deal entrenched mandatory collective bargaining into law through the Wagner Act.” “Unions are in an “inexorable decline,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said on Fox News this week.” Card check: comparing US...
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...of representing the entire workforce, with a greater chance of success. There are times when wages need to be raised to be equitable, but the power of the unions is that they can sometimes raise wages and benefits to unrealistically high levels. That is why, unions can guarantee neither the economic needs of wage and hour increases nor job satisfaction. The University of Dissension: 3 Outline Avoid Unionization: What steps would you take as a school administrator to resolve this issue and avoid unionization of the operating staffers? Imminent Unionization: If unionization appears imminent, what position and actions would you take to work through the process in the most collaborative and least disruptive manner? Subcontracting VS Union movement: Consider the labor force/supply in your area. Would sub-contracting and/or outside recruiting be a means to quell this union movement? The University of Dissension: 4 Avoid Unionization: What steps would you take as a school administrator to resolve this issue and avoid unionization of the operating staffers? When the company is taking dissatisfied directions, the employees of that company will...
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...Labor Unions: Do Unions Affect Labor’s Share of Income: Evidence Using Panel Data April 17, 2013 Introduction Labor unions have been a part of the U.S. economy since 1935 when the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was passed. Federal legislation made the NLRA the main component in determining how labor unions and employers interact with each other in the private sector. In Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Approach, the author notes, “Since the passage of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935, the federal government requires employers to enter into good faith negotiations with workers over the terms of employment (Martocchio, 2012).” Dr. Rudy Fichtenbaum, professor of economics at Wright State University, investigated the impact of unions on labor’s share of income in the United States. Though previous economists have presented various formulae to calculate labor’s share of income, in Fichtenbaum’s study, it is defined as labor compensation divided by the value added in manufacturing. In an effort to supplement and clarify past research that had been done on this subject, Fichtenbaum (2006) explained: The study was conducted to add to the understanding of the effect of unions on labor’s share of income by developing an analytical module of imperfect competition using panel data methodology for the manufacturing sector. (p. 784) Here, the author highlights his departure from the methods used in older studies on this topic...
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...Labor Laws and Unions Paper Unionization is a tool which protects the rights of employees within work environments. The ideas surrounding unionization are vast; however, the practice itself is not as customary. An organization that is known for unionization practices is the Ford Motor Company. Unionization within the Ford Motor Company is existent in part because of the company’s size. The purpose of this article is to provide background on the Ford Motor Company, identify legal issues and obstacles, discuss laws that may be broken in regards to legal issues and obstacles, provide litigation recommendations, outline the benefits of unionization, define the unionization process, and discuss union bargaining and its effects. Ford Motor Company: Background The Ford Motor Company is an automobile manufacturer responsible for the production of cars, trucks, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), commercial trucks, and auto parts. The company was found by Henry Ford in 1903 and is well-known as one of the largest automobile manufacturers. Another level of responsibility the Ford Motor Company has taken on is vehicle financing. The Ford Motor Company operations are extensive with branches in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific (Ford, 2012). The company operates numerous plants worldwide and employees thousands of employees some of which are United Autoworkers (UAW). Legal Issues, Obstacles, & Broken Laws The Ford Motor Company is one of three...
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...success. There are times when wages need to be raised to be equitable, but the power of the unions is that they can sometimes raise wages and benefits to unrealistically high levels. That is why, unions can guarantee neither the economic needs of wage and hour increases nor job satisfaction. Why even consider the possibility of unionization? When lower-level employees start to feel the weight of the rising economy demands, the lack of wages, hours, and job satisfaction – other options become more desirable. Unionization sounds like a great idea to the minimum wage employees who feel dissatisfied with perhaps taking on the responsibilities of employees who have left the company for better opportunities. However there are many reasons why a company should avoid joining a union. Unions present a great idea, but here are a few examples of why not to unionize: Unions cannot guarantee the economic needs of wage and hour increases, job satisfaction, better supervisory performances and communication (Bateman & Snell, 2009, pg 386). Avoid Unionization What steps would you take as a school administrator to resolve this issue and avoid unionization of the operator's staff? Employees form unions because they are dissatisfied with the conditions in which they are working under and the...
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...What steps would you take as a school administrator to resolve this issue and avoid unionization of the operator’s staff? Unions are formed by the employees as they are displeased by the conditions they work under and also the direction the company is leading the employee to. Certain steps can be taken in order to avoid the formation of unions with respect to the rules and regulations of the labor laws. Listening to your employees is one of the initial steps that can be taken in order to the detour the workers from forming unions. Steps can be as easy and simple as better conditions for work and also a better communication process. This step can easily be accomplished by easily setting up meetings on regular basis and listening to what the employees have to say. If required, a one on one meeting could also be set up for some dissatisfied workers. Once the problems are recognized, the next step is to find the best way to handle and resolve the problem. In the future meetings a list of all the changes that are possible to make and also that are not possible to make should be discussed with the employees. For the things that are not possible to change should have a legit reason for the employees to understand. Regular meetings with the employees are beneficial for employers too as they start to gain more respect. A feeling of empowerment can be felt within the employees as employee committees are established as they strengthen communication. Eventually the workers will...
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...Increased demand for unionization could be a result in new legislation as well as new legislation could be the result of increased demand for unionization. For example, the congress passed Wagner Act to promote and protect workers’ abilities to unionize in the private sector if they choose so. On the other hand, if congress passed the Wagner Act in the interest of protecting the interest in unions for reasons other than labor demands there would be an opposite effect of increase for unionization. I believe labor law is more important when a demand for...
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...portrayal of the poor as either deserving or lazy drives public policy. Summary: talks about the poverty policy and welfare abuse.Relevance: working poverty and welfareMLA: Rose, Max, Baumgartner, Frank R. Detailed Record Framing the Poor: Media Coverage and U.S. Poverty Policy, 1960-2008. Policy Studies Journal. Feb2013, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p22-53. | POVERTY Brady, David Baker, Regina S. Finnigan, Ryan U.S. poverty research devotes much more attention to joblessness than to working poverty. Research that does exist on working poverty concentrates on demographics and economic performance and neglects institutions. Building on literatures on comparative institutions, unionization, and states as polities, Using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) for the United States, we estimate (1) multi-level logic models of poverty among employed households in 2010; and (2) two-way fixed-effects models of working poverty across...
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...to apply or compete for a management position with the company. 3. Wal-Mart is continually criticized for its health-care policy. Is this really a controversy in the area of business Ethics? Why or why not? Yes, this really a controversy in the area of business Ethic. After reading this case study I see a different view of Wal-Mart. Employers should have the best interest in their employees’ health. An avoiding and not offer best benefit for the employees shows that this company lacks the corporate social responsibilities. I believe their only interest is operational and making their monthly or annual quotes. 4. 4. Should Wal-Mart be concerned about unionization of stores since allowing unionization of workers in China? Yes,Wal-Mart should be concerned about unionization of stores since allowing unionization of workers in China. One of the main reason they should be concern are China laws and regulations. These laws and regulation encourage workers to be proactive and distribute the workers...
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...Abstract The number of people working in the nonprofit sector has soared in America within the past 20 years. Even though memberships in unions have become stagnated, unions are increasingly targeting nonprofit employees to unionize. Unions are targeting nonprofits organization because sentiments about unions runs very strong in the for profit arena, and nonprofit employees are more in line with seeking what is fair and just. As the union tries to unionize We Care, as the Executive Director it is my responsibility to asset whether are not a union is the right thing for the organization. This paper will discuss the information that will be presented to the board based on my research on the whether or not We Care should unionize. In this paper the pros and cons of unionize will be discussed and ending with a recommendation on the whether or not to allow We Care to become a union shop to the Board. Unionize Yes or No? Introduction A considerable number of nonprofit staff members work in the field because they want to bring about change in their community and city. Many nonprofit workers coach and mentor the participants in seeking union jobs. It is through these avenues that they learn how unions can help increase wages and begin to wonder if a union would be a good thing in their organization. Some union such as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal and Service Employees international Union view recruiting nonprofit organizations to unionize as a...
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...Unions and the Human Resources Department: Information and Trends Unions and the Human Resources Department: Information and Trends Introduction: Compared to personnel management, human resource management is relatively a new approach to manage people. Since human resource is the most valuable asset of an organization without which it could not possibly be able to use any other resources and run the business. So it becomes quite necessary to manage the human resources efficiently and effectively. It paves the way for the development of human resources management. Human resources management is a distinct management philosophy which emerged as a perspective to manage the human resources in an effective manner for the benefit of an organization. Last decade it had witnessed a great exploitation towards the employees in terms of the working hours, payment, and working condition which in turn resulted to the development of their representative group as an employee’s union. As per the article ‘The role of Unions or HR in workplace’ “Unions have been in existence since 1935” (Morreaux, 2013, par.4) when the national labor relation law was passed, which was the first labor relation law. Employee unions were primarily formed for the purpose of representing the employment problem before the management and engaged in “collective bargaining” (Morreaux, 2013, par.3) with the employers in order to protect the worker’s interest and prevent it against exploitation. The prime purpose...
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