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28 Cards in this Set
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negotiation between organized workers and their employer or employees to determine wages, hours, rules and working conditions.
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collective bargaining
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spells out the rights and obligations of both parties during the period of time that they are in effect. These are negotiated periodically to take into account changing goals and objectives of both parties and changes in the economy and society.
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contracts
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a legally sanctioned, formally organized association of workers who have united to represent their collective views for wages, hours and working conditions.
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labor union
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the set of processes and activities that unions and employers develop and use to clarify, manage, reduce, and resolve conflcits between employees and their representatives while accomodation the various goals of each.
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labor relations
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specifies that employees and employers are fee to end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, and without liability, provided that the termination doesnt violate any statutory provisions.
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employment at will doctrine
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occurs when an employment practice used by unionized employers is adopted by nonunion employers to avoid unionization by copying what unions have won for their members.
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spillover
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group of employees that NLRB determines is covered under the appropriate statute and is eligible to vote.
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election unit
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allowing workers to make free and uncoerced decisions.
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laboratory conditions
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prevents managers from unfairly influecing workers - increases punishment.
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labor law reform
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scope of employees and employers covered or affected by the bargaining agreement.
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bargaining structure
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group of empoyeeswith common interests who are represented by a labor union in their dealings with management.
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bargaining unit
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1. Formal - bargaining or negotiating unit where employees and employers are bound by terms of agreement.
2. Informal bargaining structure - where employees and employers that are affected by results of negotiated settlement through either pattern bargaining or some other non-binding process. |
2 Types of bargaining units
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direct government regulation of employment conditions.
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substantive regulation
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makes it unlawful for them to discriminate against physical or mental disability. Requires them to provide reasonable accomodations to sustain employment opportunities.
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Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 (ADA)
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specified organizations with 50 or more employees must provide 12 weeks unpaid leaver per year. Parents with young babies for example.
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Family and Medical Leave Act 1993 (FMLA)
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programs aimed at alleviating past discrimination by giving discriminated workers preference over others in the hiring or promotion process.
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Affirmative action
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The Court established that trade unions were not necessarily criminal or conspiring organizations if they did not advocate violence or illegal activities in their attempts to gain recognition through striking. This legalized the existence of trade organizations, though trade unions would continue to be harassed legally through anti-trust suits and injunctions.
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commonwealth v. hunt
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an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union.
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yellow dog contract
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began as a rally which became violent and was followed later by internationally publicized legal proceedings. An unknown person threw a bomb at police as they marched to disperse a public meeting in support of striking workers.The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and an unknown number of civilians. Eight anarchists were tried for murder. Four were put to death, and one committed suicide in prison.
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haymarket affair 1886
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a labor lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. It is one of the most serious labor disputes in U.S. history. The dispute occurred in the Pittsburgh-area town of Homestead, Pennsylvania, between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (the AA) and the Carnegie Steel Company. The AA was an American labor union formed in 1876. A craft union, it represented skilled iron and steel workers.
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homestead strike
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prices of goods and services are arranged completely by the mutual consent of sellers and buyers.
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free market
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one of the reasons that unions form resulting in income distribution and equalizing power.
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class consciousness
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the force bringing group members closer together. can result from similar basic values, background characteristics and values. Unions emphasize the need for this.
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group cohesiveness
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issued by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and recognizes the rights of federal employees to bargain with management. It established a broad government-wide labor relations policy for the first time. With respect to official time for union representatives, it required that, whenever practicable, union representatives be on official time when consulting or otherwise meeting with management representatives.
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executive order 10988
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reformed the federal civil service. Along with Reorganization Plan Number 2, it abolished the Civil Service Commission and created three new agencies to implement these reforms: the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Of particular concern were the problems of employees with poor job performance and the protection of federal employees who "blew the whistle" on government misconduct and fraud.
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civil service reform act
1978 (FLRA) 3 |
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a place of employment at which one is not required to join or financially support a labor union as a condition of hiring or continued employment.
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open shop
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an informal means for spreading terms and conditions of employment negotiated in one formal bargaining structure to another.
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pattern bargaining
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patterns outside/between firms but in the same industry. a way to stabilize competition, esp. in wages.
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intraindustry bargaining
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