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Dear Senior Management, As an employer considering unionizing versus union-free environment is a decision that must be made of facts while in this campaign. After extensive research, I was able to get a better understanding of both sides. I found pros and cons of unions from an employer's point of view, as well as major differences between unionized and union-free environments. Beginning with the pros of unions, workers are able to negotiate and bargain based on their benefits, cuts and wages…

form of psychology that uses people’s egos and personality to form a basis for the human mind. Jung refers to the human mind as the psyche, which he believes is divided into three parts: 1) The conscious ego, 2) The personal unconscious and 3) The collective unconscious. He proposed the idea that humans contain a series of inborn archetypes. As defined by Carl Jung, archetypes are emotional symbols that are common to all people and have been formed since the beginning of time (Freidman &…

At the onset of union organizing, employers often take necessary steps to overpower the union. However, without advance preparation the company may initiate policies that qualify as unfair labor practices. Similarly, NLRB sets certain regulations on the employer-employee relationship during union organizing (Fossum, 2009). It is, therefore, vital to investigate whether employers have a tactical advantage over employees during union organizing. Since the law prohibits employers from…

Labor unions are organizations of workers formed to defend and further the economic and social interests of their members. Therefore, employees join unions for economic reasons, job security, social reasons, recognition, participation, and as compulsion. Economically, employees join unions to get higher wages, improved working conditions, shorter working hours, and increased benefits. Further, workers join unions to get job security assurance and protection against arbitrary or unfair treatment.…

Strengths of each practise: Recruitment and selection The goal of this HR practice is to assist the Toronto Public Service (TPS) to attract and retain skilled, high performing and diverse workforce. The Toronto Public Service uses many programs to achieve this goal. The Toronto Public Service uses the career edge program that is run by the career edge organization. The career edge program has three different paid internship programs to attract talent from the globe and provide employment to all…

The 1947 Taft-Hartley amendments to the National Labor Relations Act (1935) sanctioned a state’s right to pass laws that prohibit unions from requiring a worker to pay dues, even when the worker is covered by a union-negotiated collective bargaining agreement. (Shierholz, 2011) Right to work laws have to do with the state deciding that an employer or union can't require the employee to be a member of the union to get a job. Many feel that it gives the union too much power in the workplace. The…

Labor unions are legally recognized as representatives of workers. One reason employees join labor unions is that there benefits become accessible. 93 percent of unionized workers were entitled to medical benefits compared to 69 percent of their nonunion peers, according to the National Compensation Survey. The second reason employees join unions is in my opinion the number most important reason, is job security. Nonunion employees are typically hired "at will," and can be fire at will as well…

approach towards high-performance work systems, suggesting not only managerial failure but locating a paradigm weakness because of the institutional breakdown arising out of the liberal market economic model. Godard’s argument for high-performance work system failure has a strong resonance in how the extant literature is equally misguided in its treatment of the psychological contract as a paradigm shift that seeks to explain contemporary (or new) employment relationships. The core of this…

I believe that the constitution does help with the negotiation process, by making discussions more civil and allowing each group to fully outline their terms and proposals. This in turn, allows the negotiation process to be more efficient. For example, our class had many groups with opposing concerns or priorities. One such example of these opposing concerns was between the provincial government and the Cedar First Nations, as one party wished to have 100% governance of their land once acquired,…

Overall, the article did a great job of communicating to the reader the current struggles of the labor union. Campa did a good job of living up to the title of the article, “How unions can thrive in the 21st century.” His proclamation is that if more people become interested in unions again, we can revive unions as a whole. This would take a lot of work from a lot of people, but is definitely possible. “The importance of freedom of association, the impulse to stick together, and the need for…