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31 Cards in this Set
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CivilService Reform Act |
established the right of federal employees to haveunion representation while prohibiting strikes. |
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Power of public sector vs private sector |
. Public sector employees generally have lessbargaining power than private-sector employees because unions often have tonegotiate or bargain with several government agencies rather than just oneemployer. They do have mediation and arbitration. |
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Norris-LaGuardiaAct |
which severely restricted employers ability to obtainan injunction by the courts forbidding the union from engaging in peacefulpicketing or striking and made yellow-dog contracts (signing a contract sayingthat the employee would not join a union) unenforceable. |
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NLRA/Wagner Act |
which recognized worker’s right to organize andbargain collectively with representatives of their own choosing. |
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Unfair labor acts
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not bargaining in good faith discriminating inregard to hiring or any employment condition against workers who engage inunion activities, interfering with employee representation, making promisesduring the organizing campaign |
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NLRB |
To enforce the act and conduct representation elections.
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TaftHartley Act 3 |
This actintended to regulate labor’s activities by describing what constituted unfairlabor practices by unions such as: -prohibiting union discrimination against workers who did not want to participate in union activities. -It also provided states with the option of enacting right-to-work laws |
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right-to-work laws |
declare that union security agreements (union and agency shop) that require membership as a condition of employment are illegal
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Why workers join unions |
Main reasons: conditions, wages, benefits Job security has been a big reason of late |
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Effects of Unions
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More unionized markets have greater union/nonunionwage differentials because of less nonunion wage competition. Most workersfind it easier to fight for work improvements when in a union. Union advocates maintain that the collectivevoice reduces worker quit rates, thereby, leading to the retention ofexperienced workers, lowering a firm’s training costs and raising its productivity. |
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Craft unions |
electrical or carpenter unions are made of members allhaving a particular skill or occupation. |
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Industrial unions |
unionsare made up of members who are linked by their work in a particular industrysuch as steelworkers or autoworkers.
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checkoff provision |
automatically deducts union dues from employees’paychecks |
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unionshop |
requires a person to join the union within a certainamount of time (30 days) after beginning employment People have to join. |
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agency shop
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is similar to a union shop but does not require unionmembership except that dues should be paid`
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Unfair labor practices 6 |
firing employees or threatening employees with the lossof their jobs or benefits if they join or vote for a union granting wage increases that are timed to discourageemployees from forming or joining a union spying on union meetings threatening to close down a plant if organized by aunion discharging employees for urging other employees to ajoin a union refusing to reinstate workers when job openings occurbecause the workers participated in a lawful strike |
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unfair labor practices (union side) 3 |
threats to employees of bodily injury or that theywill lose their jobs unless they support the union’s activities making a contract that requires an employer to hireonly members of the union or employees satisfactory to the union picketing an employer to force it to stop doingbusiness with another employer who has refused to recognize the union (asecondary boycott |
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Organizing the Union (Part 1) |
This is when employees and unionofficials make contact to explore the possibility of unionization. Labor organizers tend to seek informationabout the employer. The organizer tries to make the case for the union. |
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Organizing the Union (part 2) |
In the organizing drive typically involves an organizing committee composed of employees who are willing to provide assistance to the organizing campaign. The committee wants the employees to sign authorization cards. These cards indicate their willingness to be represented by a labor union in collective bargaining with their employer |
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Organizing (part 3) |
. If at least 30 percent of employees in thebargaining unit (may be determined by the NLRB if both sides can not agree)sign authorization cards the union typically petitions the NLRB to conduct arepresentation election . Before theelection, a large publicity campaign is directed towards the employees seekingtheir support and election votes. In the last two decades, employers have sought thehelp of anti-union consultants whose advice has sometimes pushed illegalactivities |
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Organizing the Union (Part 4) |
In the election, if the union receives over 50% ofthe employees who voted, to vote forthe union, then the union will be certified by the NLRB The union would be granted exclusive representationover all the bargaining-unit employees. |
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Typical provisions or issues ina collective bargaining contract 1 |
wage related issues (wage rates, COLAs, wageadjustments |
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Typical provisions or issues ina collective bargaining contract 2 |
supplementary economic benefits (pension plans, paidvacations, health insurance) |
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Typical provisions or issues in a collective bargaining contract 3 |
) institutional issues (rights of management, unionsecurity) |
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Typical provisions or issues in a collective bargaining contract 4 |
administrative issues (seniority, dischargeprocedures, work rules, job security). |
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Strikes |
used by the union more likely in bigger unions. have less power today. dont have often today. |
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Lockouts |
management can use |
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Mediation |
it is leastformal but most widely used procedure in both the private and public sectors; amediator has no formal authority but acts as a facilitator and go-between innegotiations |
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FactFinder |
typically reports on the reasons for the dispute, theviews from both sides, and a recommended settlement, which the parties are freeto decline |
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Arbitration |
a solutionis actually chosen by an arbitrator |
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Future and current trends in unions |
union membership becoming lower. doctors and lawyers starting more unions. |
