National Labor Relations Act

Labor law deals with the regulations in the work place and the pros and cons of unions in the workplace. Labor laws were put in place to protect the employees and to set the rules and regulations in the workplace between employers and employees. The Family Leave Act of 1993 (FLMA) was enacted by the Federal Government and put in place to guarantee employees up to 12 unpaid weeks of leave for medical and family emergencies. For example if an employee gets sick and needs to take some time off of…

acquired under the Wagner Act. The Taft Harley Act was definitely more favorable to management by limiting the power that unions had, the intentions of the Taft Hartley Act was to readjust the regulations of labor management and basically give everyone involved a fair playing field if you will. Another big thing the Taft Hartley Act did was to establish 6 unfair union labor practices. It stopped excessive fees for joining unions as a condition of memberships. The Taft Hartley Act also prevented…

receive equal pay. During World War 1 and 2 the War Labor Board ruled that women working jobs usually performed by men must be paid equally to what men were paid. Both wars ended before the rule could be strictly enforced. The National Recovery Act of 1935 required women in the federal workforce to receive 25% less pay than their male counterparts. In 1944, Rep. Winifred Stanley proposed the first bill that would amend the National Labor Relations Act and put an end gender wage discrimination.…

Labor unions have been around for centuries. They were put in place to help union members to ensure their wages and working conditions were up to par. Unions were formed so workers can have a voice to fight against employers due to unfair labor practices. Every employee wants to feel they are a valuable employee and feel they are being appreciated. In this paper, I will discuss how a large, fast growing non-union manufacturing organization that has multiple locations in the United States and…

A strike is the most powerful weapon that Unions and employees have to convince employers to meet their demands when it comes to improved wages, working conditions and hours. Due to employees striking, employers are in some cases forced to use permanent replacement workers. Should Congress step in and outlaw the use of permanent replacements during strikes? Some are in agreement with employers stating that if they are not able to replace the striking workers they, the employer, could face…

bargaining has transpired is fact-finding or advisory arbitration. Fact-finding necessitates the utilization of a disinterested, third-party intercessor called the fact finder. Comparable to mediators, fact finders are selected by either state labor relations boards otherwise through the arrangement of the participants to the bargaining agreement. Fact finders are lawfully authorized to perform inquiries and gather evidence from all parties connected with the bargaining agreement in addition to…

3. Describe the process of establishing and decertifying a collective bargaining unit in the workplace. The process of establishing a collective bargaining unit in the workplace consists of certain steps that should be followed; the organizing time line. The first step in this sequence is initiating; there are three possible initiators: one or more employees, a union, or an employer. Budd states that an employer initiated drive might be odd, but in the “1960s and 1970s some agricultural…

The Federal Sector Labor-Management Relations Statute of 1978 is law that gave public workers the right to organize into union to better work conditions it similar to the NLRA in some cases. According to FLRA government website states, “Each employee shall have the right to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from any such activity, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, and each employee shall be protected in the exercise of such right. Except as otherwise…

Verizon’s Collective Bargaining Dispute Lets talk about what collective bargaining is which “ consists of negotiations between an employer and a group of employees so as to determine the conditions of employment. The result of collective bargaining procedures is a collective agreement (collective bargaining)”. The unfair treatment of Verizon employees caused 45,00 workers to go on strike. A, majority of the people that are participating in the strike are part of the landline division. In the…

However, in case the employer denies the request, yet keeps the interview going, this action is considered an unfair labor practice whereas the employee can absolutely refuse to answer. On the other hand, the representation also obtains some rights with his client such as to speak during the interview, except the right to tell the employee not to response nor give the…