environments unionized and union free. As XYZ faces the union organizing campaign thoroughly understanding the basic differences, actions as well as statements allowed and prohibited is vital for management during the campaign because both the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Taft-Hartley Act prohibit employers from discriminating against employees for participating in union activities (NLRB.Gov n.d.). It must be understood viewpoints on operating in a unionized and a union free environment differ
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Brett Kim Paper 1 Professor Jack McGrory PA 530 5/23/2015 The Need to Strike Introduction The pubic sector in this country is currently under attack. Wages are stagnating, and benefit plans are getting slashed. It used to be a wide known fact that public sectors employees earn less than private sector employees, but in the public sector you earn better benefits and have better job security. This is no longer the case as Republican led legislators are fighting to cut public sector benefits
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August 27, 10152015, in a pivotal decision rendered in a matter involving Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or the “Board”) revised its standard for determining joint employer status within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) and ruled that companies can be held responsible for labor violations committed by their contractors. In the past, the Board basically followed a common law standard articulated in a Third Circuit
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that we know what right- to- work means maybe we should look at how and why it came about in the first place. First, the Wagner Act of 1935, which was put into place to help protect the worker from the company. This is known as the National Labor Relations Act, which gives the worker the
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representation for the meeting but was refused his Weingarten rights. After the meeting the employee was suspended from work for three days and told the investigation would continue. Witnesses at interviews Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act states that union representation must be given to the employee fi the employee requests it, if the employee believes that an investigation may or could result in disciplinary action. This is known as an employee’s Weingarten rights. During
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Collective Bargaining DeVry University HRM330/Labor Relations Professor TITLE PAGE Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What is Collective Bargaining....................................................................................................................... History of Collective Bargaining…………………………………………………………………………………….. Importance of Collective Bargaining……………………………………………………………………………….. a. Importance to Employee b. Importance to Employer The
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these rights the Wagner Act went further and required employers to recognize unions chosen by employees and to bargain with unions in good faith. The Taft-Hartley Act placed the federal government in a position to ensure that union-management relations are conducted fairly by both parties. The act allowed employees the right to organize a union, bargain collectively with an employer, and engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining. Major provisions of the Taft-Hartley
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Labor unions have a long and colorful history in the United States. To some people, they conjure up thoughts of organized crime and gangsters like Jimmy Hoffa. To others, labor unions represent solidarity among the working classes, bringing people together across many professions to lobby for better rights, wages and benefits. As of 2006, 15.4 million people were union members, and although union membership peaked in 1945 when 35 percent of the nonagricultural workforce were union members, unions
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Labor Laws and Unions Kaiser Permanente has been a well-known health care provider in the United States for over 65 years. Kaiser Permanente started with a simple 12 bed hospital in the middle of the Mojave Desert with a single surgeon. Kaiser Permanente has now grown to partnership as two organizations known today as Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals and the Permanente Medical Groups. Kaiser Permanente upholds their mission to provide quality care for members and families, and to contribute
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Labor Law What is the name of the federal agency that conducts elections to determine if employees wish to be represented by a labor union? The National Labor Relations Board is the name of the federal agency that conducts elections. 2. If the hospital became upset at Sylvia for daring to request to the HR Director that the hospital increase its sick leave benefits and terminated her employment on the ground that she was a "troublemaker" would Sylvia have any legal grounds upon which to challenge
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