Collective farming

What are the most critical elements allowable as part of a collective bargaining agreement between unionized employees and an employer organization (delineated in Exhibit 12.1 in the Mello text)? How do "Right to Work" laws constrain these agreements? There are no requirements in place in relation to content of any collective-bargaining agreement, but NLRA classifies bargaining items into the categories of mandatory, permissive, or prohibited. Mandatory items must be negotiated in good faith.…

economists' stress on efficiency as a supreme goal; although some labor economists (such as Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff, (1984) authors of What Do Unions Do?) have updated and expanded upon earlier arguments for the efficiency of collective voice mechanisms (collective bargaining and other forms of worker representation) relative to individualistic market mechanisms (the worker's choice to enter or exit an employment…

The 1800s was a rough century. They had a war going on, a lot of strikes, and death. But right after the war was over people started reconstructing America. During the reconstruction there were more jobs available and there were labor unions forming to help with employment. But the labor unions didn’t really work that well because what they care about is pay, worker’s safety, and work hours The workers didn't get much of any of that. They said that their safety was terrible, they didn’t get paid…

The closure of “The Hostess Company” was a shocking action that affected around 18,000 employees all around U.S. This company was popular because of the famous product that they used to produce like the Twinkie and Wonder Bread. The issue that involved the company and make them close was a financial and operational mismanagement that take them to bankrupt, because of the issue the company became to have debts, lost of the market and declination of its sales. The company became to have this type…

The presented argument of collective bargaining is between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). The reason for collective bargaining was to make that there will not be a basketball lockout in 2017. This new agreement has a seven-year term covering the 2017-2018 season through 2023-2024 season. The league imposed a brief lockout in 1996 that didn’t lead to any lost games, but the 1998 lockout led to the cancellation of 32 games before a…

A Jungian Psychoanalytic Approach to Zeus’s Defeat of Cronus Since the Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Gustav Jung founded a series of analytical psychology theories first introducing the concept of “personal unconscious”, “collective unconscious” and “archetype” in 1953, an advanced Jungian psychoanalytic approach has been extensively applied to the interpretation of Art, literature and Greek myth. This essay will argue that Zeus’s behavior of defeating his father Cronus was…

The Knights of Labor was a national labor union founded by Uriah Stephens on December 28, 1869. They appealed to the un-skilled laborers and women, but they called themselves “a universal brotherhood of workers” and did not turn down prospective members based on their occupation, skin color, or gender (243). The union’s platform bravely proclaims, “An Injury to One is an Injury to All” (243). They actively perused the eight-hour work day, ending child labor, and implementing health and safety…

At one time unions were very popular in companies for a variety of reasons. Before there were laws that advocated for the employee, unions were put into place to make sure employees were being protected and treated fairly by employers. Unions are on the decline in today’s society because of the new laws and their overall cost. While they are on the decline, unions are still very much present and Congress are currently hearing arguments as to why the NLRA, the act that can initially vote in a…

Archetypal Spectrum Carl Jung created the concept of the collective unconscious, which is universal thoughts, beliefs and ideas that are shared amongst many people. For example, individuals from all over the world have the same vision that constructs the image of the ideal hero. A few traits that a hero identifies with would be, using their muscles and powers for the good and also for the better of the community. A similar picture is painted universally when thinking about this specific…

The Department of Labor is a cabinet-level department of the United States federal government headed by the Secretary of Labor, a person chosen by the President to run this specific department. The Department officially achieved department level status on March 4th, 1913 as it was signed by President William Howard Taft. Initially, it had a staff of 2,000 people and a budget of $2.33 Million. The department currently has 17,450 employees with a budget of $12.1 Billion and the current secretary…