There are certain characteristics that distinguish older workers from other groups of workers. The Sloan Center report that was availed in the year 2009, for example, indicates that the older workers are more productive compared to their young counterparts (MAERTZ, WILEY, LeROUGE, & CAMPION, 2010). The report also states that older employees are more reliable than the young and they have a high degree of loyalty. It has also been noted that job performance usually becomes better with age, and the older employees, therefore, show high levels of job performance when compared to their young counterparts. The con of their high levels of job performance is that such groups of employees will require low levels of training in the course of them meeting
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(2010). Downsizing Effects on Survivors: Layoffs, Offshoring, and Outsourcing. Industrial Relations: A Journal Of Economy And Society, 49(2), 275-285.
Question One
Available statists indicate that unionization of employees in the U.S has been on the decline where 25 years ago when statics were being taken, 20.1% of the employees were unionized. The figures taken in 2008 indicate that only 12% of the employees belong to unions, and there have been indications of a clear in the number of employees that belong to unions (MAERTZ, WILEY, LeROUGE, & CAMPION, 2010). There are reasons that can be stated as to why majority if the employees both in the private and public sector are opting not to belong to unions. The study is going to weigh on some of the reasons that can be seen as being fundamental to why some employees are opting not to belong to unions and if such options are beneficial to their long-term existence in the employment …show more content…
The emergence of social media and the most effective technological advances can be leveraged upon by the union to ensure collaboration among the employees. The union will have to use the internet for external communication with the members of the employees it is representing (Sronce & McKinley, 2006). Social networking can also be used to improve collaboration among the employees where they will be encouraged to communicate the factors that are affecting them at the workplace and their individual views of hat need to be done as means of mitigating the respective
(2010). Downsizing Effects on Survivors: Layoffs, Offshoring, and Outsourcing. Industrial Relations: A Journal Of Economy And Society, 49(2), 275-285.
Question One
Available statists indicate that unionization of employees in the U.S has been on the decline where 25 years ago when statics were being taken, 20.1% of the employees were unionized. The figures taken in 2008 indicate that only 12% of the employees belong to unions, and there have been indications of a clear in the number of employees that belong to unions (MAERTZ, WILEY, LeROUGE, & CAMPION, 2010). There are reasons that can be stated as to why majority if the employees both in the private and public sector are opting not to belong to unions. The study is going to weigh on some of the reasons that can be seen as being fundamental to why some employees are opting not to belong to unions and if such options are beneficial to their long-term existence in the employment …show more content…
The emergence of social media and the most effective technological advances can be leveraged upon by the union to ensure collaboration among the employees. The union will have to use the internet for external communication with the members of the employees it is representing (Sronce & McKinley, 2006). Social networking can also be used to improve collaboration among the employees where they will be encouraged to communicate the factors that are affecting them at the workplace and their individual views of hat need to be done as means of mitigating the respective