Bargaining Power Model

At this point UPS had become a very successful and powerful company with profits in the billions. Years prior to this there had been a pretty close division of full and part-time workers. But, that had begun to change and the part-time workers had greatly increased and were only paid 8 to 9 dollars and hour. The company of course, felt quite confident that it had some leverage in the negotiations of a new contract. They were pretty secure that the Teamster were having problems with finances because the union had to use union funds to finance the oversight of the government over the union, as well as the fact that Carey who was still union president, had led several strikes already (Leumer, 2007). UPS was ready and some of their demands were they wanted to make full-time positions part-time, vacation, holiday and personal days would be decreased and they even wanted to hire self-employed drivers for the highway which would eliminate some union jobs. Well the union and Ron Carey was also ready, they had prepared for the negotiations a year in advance. They had workers to fill out a questionnaire to find out what was important to them concerning their jobs and they overwhelmingly stated that it was the need for full-time positions. The teamsters made that issue their number one demand (Leumer,

In August 1997, the 190 000 teamsters employed at UPS went on strike for 15 days before agreeing to a new five year contract. The strike cost UPS $700million

Harford argues that whoever commands scarce resources holds bargaining power. Using an example from 19th century economist David Ricardo, he points out that landlords in a town with abundant unused land have little bargaining power over prospective tenants, because farmland is not scarce. The landlords gain bargaining power when farmers use up all the available farmland, however, because demand relative to supply has increased (relative scarcity). This model can be extended to retail locations for coffee shops: Since prime spots for selling coffee are scarce, landowners have bargaining power over potential tenants like Starbucks, and rents are

The Pullman Strike of 1894 was the first national strike in American history and it came about during a period of unrest with labor unions and controversy regarding the role of government in business.5 The strike officially started when employees organized and went to their supervisors to ask for a lowered rent and were refused.5 The strike had many different causes. For example, workers wanted higher wages and fewer working hours, but the companies would not give it to them; and the workers wanted better, more affordable living quarters, but the companies would not offer that to them either. These different causes created an interesting and controversial end to the Pullman strike. Because of this, questions were raised about the strike

A study of firefighters ' negotiations found that several factors predicted positive union outcomes. Which of these factors reflects multilateral bargaining?

Andrew Carnegie was away hunting and left Henry Frick in charge. Henry Frick was replacing the workers with machinery. Frick wanted to treat the workers as individuals, so he locked out the workers. He locked out the workers by building a fence and hiring Pinkerton detectives to mend the fence. The workers were expecting the detectives and a huge battle broke out. This battle lasted fourteen hours and left a total of ten people, laborers and Pinkerton detectives, dead. The state militia would soon be called to calm the workers down (Tindall 814). Another rebellion I stated was the Pullman Strike. Employees of Pullman were forced to live and rent in a community town called Pullman. These workers were given company money and could only get groceries from the company store. Eugene Debs wanted to come up with mediation between Pullman, but Pullman refused Eugene Debs’s plea (Farless). “In June 1894, after George Pullman refused Debs’s plea for arbitration, the union workers stopped handling Pullman railcars. By the end of July they had tied up most of the railroads in the Midwest” (Tindall 516). The railroad executives hired Canadian strikebreakers and requested that they connect the Pullman cars to mail cars (Farless). By doing this they were making the strike a federal strike. The Attorney General argued that the interference of the mail was a direct violation of the Sherman Anti-trust Act

The Labor Unions organized various strikes in an attempt to improve labor conditions and rights. The strikes became increasingly more violent and the media merged the violence with radicalism, communism and anarchism. The political cartoon suggests that Labor Unions are killing capitalism with communism, the radical violence tainting the image of the Labor Unions and shifted the public support; focused on the Great Rail Road Strike of 1877 and the radical violence (Document 2). Following the Great Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Square Riot sparked further controversy towards the acts of violence. The Haymarket Square Riot and Bombing involved the Knights of Labor and advocated a violent overthrow of the American government. The Chicago police had been called to end the protest and in the chaos a bomb was thrown, injuring and killing several dozen people. After the Haymarket Square Riot, a gradual repression of the labor movement occurred. The public lost trust in the worker's associations and the campaign. The American labor movement, in general, received a setback due to the riot, also weakening the struggle for the eight-hour day demand. The Homestead Strike and Lockout of 1892 was one of the most violent strikes; the riot was ended by Pinkerton Detectives and the state militia, and the violence further damaged the image of unions. The purpose of the

In the following years, the American Federation of Labor became very influential. The AFL did not attempt to overhaul the basic economic system but instead pressed for a better position within the existing system. Although the founders of the AFL were strongly against strikes, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), created by Eugene Debs, openly called for class aggression. Debs led the Pullman Strike, a nationwide railroad strike that pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, which had laid off many union workers, and had reduced wages up to 30% for those workers that remained. Within four days, 125,000 workers on twenty-nine railroads went on strike. This strike and boycott provoked the federal government to intervene. They arrested Debs on conspiracy to obstruct the mail, as well as for disobeying an order directed to him by the Supreme Court to stop the obstruction of railways and to dissolve the boycott. Continued complaints of the laborers in the unions led to strikes and law suits filed not only by the labor unions, but also by the employers, who intended to prohibit strikes and other adverse actions by members of the labor

There was a local meeting to see if the officers and the commissioner were okay with a non-affiliated union without the right to strike, which both parties disagreed with, and Coolidge showed strong disaffection for. The Boston Chamber of Commerce supported a union, and newspaper outlets did as well, but none of this would sway the unmoving commissioner and governor. The newspapers were in favor of a compromise because mass hooliganism and rioting were imminent without a conclusion or accepted solution. The department began planning their last effort at getting what they felt they deserved and not even for improved conditions or wages, but the simple insurance of being in a labor

It amazes me how the ones in charge didn't know anything about their own workers, not even how much they were getting paid. If I was in charge that would be one of the most important things to know but the owners didn't care enough to keep track. I am glad that everybody became fed up with being treated that way and started a general strike. The strike eventually led to a grievance system that was put into place but most still didn't follow

When strikes would occur, the government took an anti-labor stance in response to the public outcry against the labor-based extremism and violence. The Pullman strike of 1894 was a strike where blood was shed forcing a government reaction. Eugene Debs, the leader of the American Railway Union, led 40,000 Pullman workers in a strike that caused rail traffic to cease in the west. This affected the flow of mail, which is a federal offense. When federal government used special deputies to deliver the mail, violence of previously unseen proportions broke loose. The New York World in 1894 reported that the strike was like a "war against the government and society." The strike only caused controversy and did not help any employee.

In New York, thousands of USPS employees commenced to striking, President Richard Nixon specified that the workers should return to their occupations and they will not make a decision under the weight of a strike. The workers did not pay attention, and within days, 200,000 workers were on the walkout. The strike had currently spread to 30 main

adamantly opposed any recognition of the union. Thus, the union members decided to strike over wages, safety

First of all, many national debates get involved this strike. In the surface, the CTU declared that this strike is a labor dispute over job security, in which way laid-off teachers would be hired back according to their seniority-pay, merit-pay and in some ways surprise me, they wanted to connect teacher evaluation to student achievement as test scores just like China. In some aspects, this strike was just part of the battle across the entire country between teachers unions and education reformers.

The issue of power is inherent in negotiations. In most negotiated conflict situations, one party has more power than another. They may use their greater share of power to shape and manipulate a negotiation to achieve their desired objectives. Furthermore, when the power differential is substantial, this usually has a significant effect on both the substance and process of the dispute. This imbalance in power can be generated by a number of factors such as information and expertise; control over resources (money, supplies, manpower,