Collectives

organizations which fight for workplace justice and to improve the quality of life for the average working family. They are typically made up of an organized group of workers who band together to make decisions or lobby about conditions affecting their collective workplaces. There are over 60 unions representing over 14 million workers throughout the country (What is a Union, 2015). Most people believe that unions only represent industrial workers but this is not the case. Unions actually…

impact of the conflict on working class people, the economy and the overall labour movement. A clear message is delivered to the reader through a well-organized method. The nature of unions is introduced, followed by a detailed description of the collective bargaining rounds attempted by the respective parties. The structure and flow of the article contribute to the author’s purpose of supporting his conclusion. In closing, Fowler suggests that while the CAW has achieved a short-term victory,…

The collective bargaining process is extremely important, but it can be challenging and tense. In sum, the “collective bargaining is the negotiation process that takes place between an employer and a group of employees when certain issues arise. The employees rely on a union member to represent them during the…

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…

Jung believed the unconscious to be of great importance to personality development, arguing that in order to develop a one’s fullest potential, there must be a synthesis between the consciousness and unconscious elements. The development of consciousness and inner development are equally important throughout life. However, we often neglect the unconscious, considering our consciousness functions as superior for meeting the demands of society (e.g., in developing a respected and professional…

mutually beneficial to each side, or “win-win,” rather than one side having to accept a loss. Due to interest-based bargaining having stark differences to positional bargaining, I will address if they produce different results during and after collective bargaining. I have already examined the effects that positional bargaining has labor-management relations and producing innovative agreements. Later, I will also examine positional bargaining and interest-based bargaining’s effect on…

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…

Furthermore, it grants them the ability to engage in collective bargaining and other collective actions (like striking or picketing). The act created the aforementioned National Labor Relations Board. Those covered by the Railway Labor Act, public employees, independent contractors, and agricultural employees do not receive…

There are differences in public and private collective bargaining. In particular, there are differences between the ways the agreement is caring out. For instance, collective bargaining in the private sector influences by market forces. The primary concentration is on profit. As a business owner, you want your profit was higher than the expenses. The competition and amount of responsibilities create pressure and many factors like benefits and additional attractive elements are not available to…

The labour codes of the Order-in-council PC 1003 did favored the policy of the collective bargaining. Although PC 1003 did support the collective bargaining rights; it did also benefited the industrial workers. The industrial workers benefited by the PC 1003 by achieving its bargaining objectives. The workers in various industries such as auto, steel , rubber and mining were given less importance, did not have right for the union recognition, were hired for the low wages. These industrial…