Collective

A labor union, or union, is a group of workers who come together for the sole purpose of improving their work conditions and the environment through the process of collective bargaining. They negotiate with their organizations management on issues such as wages, benefits and work conditions. The first unions were formed in the United States in as early as 1860 with the building of the railroads. However, labor strikes occurred much earlier the first in 1636 when a group of Maine anglers…

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In democracy, public opinion is very important for politicians because citizens are the ones who elect their office representatives, at the same time citizens have to act together to solve collective action problems. Polls express citizens’ public opinion that government pays attention and mobilize their campaigns around these opinions. However, a person has a combination of different beliefs, feelings and behavior about politics based on information and knowledge that has been acquired…

Understanding Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining Name: Institutional Affiliation Understanding Labor Relations & Collective Bargaining Introduction Labor relations and collective bargaining represents the ways in which workers organize themselves in order to increase their bargaining power with the employer. The employers join or set up a union that is expected to represent their grievances that relate to fair and competitive wages, pensions, bonuses as well as good working…

After reading the chapter “Project Classroom Makeover”, readers may have spotted that expert knowledge and collective knowledge, as well as crowd sourcing, were mentioned in the story, and more importantly, were being labeled as two completely different forms of knowledge acquisition that are in constant battle with each other. In fact, Cathy Davidson, the author of the story, stated how “crowd sourcing is suspicious of expertise, because the more expert we are, the more likely we are to be…

Wow, I can’t believe the school year is over in less than a month. Graduation is so soon! Hope you’re all enjoying your placements as the year ends. My LSS was away last week so it was a quiet day at the office. I handed out postcards to a few passerby’s’ interested in the Network. I also answered phone inquires over (mostly about the Riverdale Art Walk application). Then I updated the media calendar with important dates/events, jotted down new Art Square Gallery submissions, tweeted a bit,…

of the employers and courts. Naturally, the Norris–LaGuardia Act of 1932 ushered in other pieces of legislation to restructure the laws governing the workforce legally. The Wagner Act clarified Labor as more than a commodity, and notated that collective bargaining is essential to workers’ best interest, and employee have a right to have a voice (Budd, 2013,…

Wagner Act, workers were guaranteed the right to “join unions and bargaining collectively” (Dubofsky & McCartin 142). Along with that, it established the National Labor Relations Board which “banned employer-dominated company unions from engaging in collective bargaining, and outlawed a variety of anti-union tactic” (Dubofsky & McCartin 142). Armed with support from…

In the given case of CEO of the midsize urban hospital who is accused of violating the collective bargaining contract with the union, one must take into consideration that former had acted on own thoughts without consulting anybody and hastily took the decisions. Also, according to the comments made by the union steward, it seems that the interpersonal relationship between the management and the union is more inclined towards the negative side. Despite the fact that National Labor Relations Act…

National Labor Relations Act. Employees have rights to belong to unions and participate in union activities without fear of retaliation by the employer. The unions in the industry have great power and play a significant role in determining wages and collective bargaining. The relationship has generated various problems and has seen various airlines being forced into bankruptcy by the actions of the unions. The demands put forward by American Airline’s Allied Pilots Association (APA) put at…