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Managing Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
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Managing Labor Relations
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Collective Bargaining
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Collective Bargaining
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Managing Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
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Learning ObjectivesWhen you finish studying this chapter, you should be able to:1. Discuss the major federal labor relations laws.2. Describe the process of a union drive and
election.3. Discuss the main steps in the collective
bargaining process.4. List the traits of an effective grievance process.
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The Labor Movement
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The Labor Movement
• Why study unions?• Why do workers organize?• What do unions want?–Union security • Closed shop• Union shop• Agency shop• Preferential shop• Maintenance of membership agreement
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The Labor Movement (2)
• What else do unions want?– Improved wages, hours, working conditions,
and benefits• The AFL-CIO and the SEIU– Strategy and HR
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Unions and the Law
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Period of Strong Encouragement
• The Norris-LaGuardia Act (1932) and the National Labor Relations Act (1935)
• Unfair employer labor practices• From 1935 to 1947
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Period of Modified Encouragement Coupled with Regulation
• The Taft-Hartley Act (1947)• Unfair union labor practices• Rights of employees• Rights of employers• National emergency strikes
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Period of Detailed Regulation of Internal Union Affairs
• The Landrum-Griffin Act (1959)
• Officially, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
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The Union Drive and Election
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The Union Drive and Election
• Step 1: Initial contact– The union rep–Contact guidelines– Labor relations consultants–Union salting– The Web
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The Union Drive and Election
• Step 2: Authorization cards• Step 3: The hearing
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The Union Drive and Election
• Step 4: The campaign– The supervisor’s role in the campaign– Supervisory rules regarding union literature
and solicitation• Step 5: The election–Decertification elections
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The Collective Bargaining Process
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The Collective Bargaining Process (1)
• What is collective bargaining?• What is good-faith bargaining?• The negotiating team• Bargaining items• Bargaining stages
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The Collective Bargaining Process (2)
• Impasses, mediation, and strikes– Impasses– Third-party involvement– Sources of third-party assistance– Strikes– Dealing with a strike– Other response– Lockouts– Injunctions
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The Collective Bargaining Process (3)
• The contract agreement• Handling grievances– The grievance procedure–Contract administration– Supervisor’s guidelines for handling
grievances
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What’s Next for Unions?
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Why the Union Decline?
• Why the union decline?• How unions are changing– Employee free choice act–Class action lawsuits–Coordination–Global campaigns–Cooperative arrangements
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Copyright
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