and is at the forefront of many news stories. Collective bargaining is a responsibility of the labor unions in which the writer of this post is the most familiar. This topic was chosen as a result of academic curiosity and an interest in developing a better understanding of the role of labor unions and collective bargaining in other countries. Explanation of Collective Bargaining In the United States the idea of collective bargaining has changed as labor relations between employees and employers
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working with the massive government operation. Within a week, the government reached an agreement with the worker’s union, allowing for a 14% pay raise for postal workers. As a result, the American Postal Workers Union became a powerful force in bargaining for worker’s rights- from pay raises to working conditions. The Battle of Cripple Creek Strike took place between the Free Coinage Union in California and the Cripple Creek Mining company. The company wanted to extend working
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Compensation Plan December 1, 2013 HRM 534 Employment and Labor Relations Dr. Jennifer Young Briefly describe your “dream job” with an organization for which you would like to work. My ideal job would be to work as a Human Resource Director at the Social Security Administration, making a salary of $270,000.00 per year. As my job duties I would be responsible for all of the Human Resource functions within the company and report directly to the commissioner. The department areas that
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recognized the Gaming Employees’ Union, Local 1 as the sole bargaining agent for all employees of the Diamond Casino in the City of Windsor, save and except Shift Supervisors and persons above the rank of Shift Supervisor. 1.02 With an employee’s agreement, he or she may fill the role of Shift Supervisor on a temporary basis. ARITCLE 2-Union Security 2.01 The employer shall not deduct from the wages of each employee in the bargaining unit the amount of union dues as determined by the union and
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Collective bargaining One of the aims of a trade union is to negotiate with employers about matters affecting their members and other employees. Once a trade union is recognized in a workplace, the negotiations they have with the employer are called collective bargaining; these negotiations will be regarding terms and conditions of employment. Trade unions and employers will agree on how the process will operate, for example: * who will represent the workers, or group of workers (bargaining unit)
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Gig Economy Workers: The article “the gig is up” talks about how employers are “cutting costs” by hiring gig employees which are paid per job “gig” , rather than employees that are working full time. The reason behind this is that employers can bypass all the benefits that come with working full time for a company. The people that work these gig jobs don’t like this. So, in turn the employees files a lawsuit against these companies, companies like Uber, Lyft and Handy. This lawsuit was filed so
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The foundation of America is built on the sweat, tears and blood of hard working Americans. Americans who are often forgotten and unappreciated. In a world where money talks and time is money business men and women subjugate working Americans to terrible conditions to maximize their own profits. John Lewis’s speech is fundamental and important in American history because he forces us to appreciate the working class and their victories in establishing a fair working environment. Lewis declares and
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George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer and industrialist. Pullman would invent the first ever Pullman sleeping car, a railroad designed for overnight travel. Shortly after its beginning, Pullman's railroad would go international soon and would become the number one railroad not only in the country. On June 20, 1893, the Pullman railroad workers would start the American Railroad Union. The purpose of this was for the workers to be united in a single organization. The Union was founded so
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there have been many strikes in history. I have chosen the Railroad Strike of 1877 to discuss and talk about. The incident occurred on July 14, 1877, in response to the cutting of wages. The strike over the wages being cut on railroad workers for a third time in a year. Workers highly disagreed on this decision and the strike lasted 45 days. People were killed and militia and federal troops were involved. Federal troops and militias were organized, with guns, to fight against the workers who were
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In The Labor Relations Process textbook, it discusses on pages 438 through 442 all the different steps throughout a grievance procedure. The textbook state that the produces vary based on the the labor agreement itself, and that some agreements consist of only one step, whereas others can have up to nine different steps. Everything is determined at the time of the negotiation of the agreement. The first step of the typical procedure co sits of two other phases. First employee discussed the alleged
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