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20 Cards in this Set
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Collective Bargaining
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A continuous relationship between an employer and a designated labor organization representing a specific unit of employees for the purpose of negotiating written "terms of employment"
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Terms of Employment
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Price of Labor
Work rules Hours of work Job Classification |
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Bargaining Unit
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The particular group of employees represented by the union in CB.
All employees within the unit, whether or not they join the union |
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Craft Units
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Composed exclusively of workers having a recognized skill.
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Departmental Units
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Composed of the members of one department in a larger organization
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Multi-employer Units
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Group of related employers and representatives of their workers
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Residual Units
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Odd collections of workers with common work situation or proximity of work sites
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Local Unions
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Organizational component of national unions.
Handle day-to-day operations of CBA. Adopt own by laws. |
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National Unions
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Relationship with subordinate local is determined by each union's constitution, bylaws, and charter.
Officers elected are to act within policies. Provide services to local unions. |
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Organizing Drive
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Impetus stems from dissatisfaction of jobs.
Union organizer is full time, salary paid staff member who represents a national union |
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Union Organizing Strategies
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Step 1- build an organizing committee
Step 2- determine the issues Step 3- Select a recognition strategy Step 4- Achieve union recognition or status |
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Salting
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Union members encouraged to seek employment in target companies that are not unionized.
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NLRB Representation Elections
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Step 1- Representation Petition
Step 2- Investigation Step 3- Secret Ballot Election Step 4-Certification of Results |
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Voluntary Recognition
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Employer recognized the union without an election
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Decertification elections
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Bargaining unit votes to terminate existing union's representation rights
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Prohibited Conduct During Election
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Campaign propaganda
Threats and loss of benefits Promised benefits Interrogation of employees |
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Negotiation Process
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Has become a stylized ritual
Parties sincerely attempt to resolve conflicting interests |
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Negotiation Norms
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Views or attitudes that regulate behavior and at as an informal control in a negotiation
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Relational
Fairness Reciprocity Good-faith |
Recognize the relationship b/w parties
Seeks consistency or equality Reacts, in kind, to an action Values integrity, honesty, and compromise |
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Power at the table
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Most essential source of bargaining power is the ability to walk away.
Ultimate test of strength is for a union to strike or a company's ability to take a strike |
