The Role Of Labor Unions In The Aviation Industry

4. How did the deregulation of the airline industry in the late 1970s influence labor relations at Magic Carpet Air?

In this chapter, it is mentioned that the United Auto Workers (UAW) was one of the largest unions in the United States, but it seems like it has been declining in the last couple of years. The traumas experienced by the auto industries in 2008-2009 required the UAW to make major concessions to help Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and GM survive. I think that the UAW hasn’t been successful in its attempts to unionize U.S. workers employed at Toyota, Nissan, and Honda plants because these employees are convinced that the benefits they are receiving are pretty good and that the union wouldn’t do any better. For example, Toyota, Nissan, and Honda plant employees feel like they are earning satisfactory wages, have adequate benefits, have satisfactory

The goal of business’s and labor unions is to make money for itself. But how can they do that and feel like both sides have the same advantage as the other? I propose that labor and business can best achieve their goals by making compromises with each other so that they can both reach an agreement they feel is fair. Those compromises could include cutting back on budgets and figuring out how business and labor could find a solution that could possibly benefit both, business and labor. Another compromise that business and labor could find a solution to is by not having their self-interest involved and making sure they don’t do anything that hurts the other. They do this by working together and following laws the government has for those types

Title: Unions have played a significant role in workforce history, have they outlived their purpose.

Labor union is an organized association of workers, in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. During the industrial revolution in Europe there was a rise in new workers without representation in the workplace. In the 19th century the industrial revolution spread to the United States from Europe, this resulted in the economy shifting to manufacturing from agriculture as an economic importance. American societies were increasing in population as well as experiencing industrial growth. This industrialization brought conflict between businesses and the labor force since mechanized production was replacing household

Labor unions were believed to be weak throughout the nineteenth century and never seemed to include more than two percent of the total labor force, or even more than ten percent of industrial workers (Brands, 241). Many American workers viewed union as “foreign,” radical, or out of step with the American tradition of individual improvement (Brands, 421). Craft, ethnic, and other differences broke up the labor force, and it’s said that its extraordinary mobility made organization a difficult task (Rise of Unions). The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor were two union groups who sought for similar ideas and regulations regarding their work place, but differed in how they tried to go about

The issues between the union and the Magic Carpet Airlines are that the airlines do not pay their flight attendants duty rig pay, there is no job security, and they weren’t able to use their sick leave when they were sick. They did not agree with the way they had to give a five day notice to swap routes with other Magic Carpet Airlines flight attendants. Their major concerns were their direct wages, they wanted to be paid more and have duty rig, and have job security. These concerns were all determined by surveys that were mailed out to each of the union members, and flight attendants voicing their concerns.

As I was thinking about the two companies that I wanted to do for my course project on, I began to research companies on the internet and I ran across the merger between United and Continental airlines. The reason that I choose to do the merger is because I knew that they were going to go through many changes within this merger. Both airline companies have a lot to offer to each other with this merger that they can compete with Delta airlines one of the largest airline in the world. This merger will bring about several changes within both companies. In this paper I will be providing the different changes between both companies with the merger including the culture, systems and unions. Since they

On August 3, 1981, nearly 13,000 of the 17,500 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) staged a walk out and strike. There were four main reasons the union members of PATCO decided to go on strike. First, to address the concerns by members who felt that their work was seriously undervalued and under-rewarded. The second reason was that the Federal Aviation Administration had neglected serious deficiencies in staffing and hardware reliability. Thirdly, their work week was unreasonably long, especially when compared to controllers overseas. The fourth reason for the strike was the FAA’s (FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION) approach to management-union relations and the

Skilled workers in American cities, or artisans, craftsmen, and mechanics, performed a set of skills within a guild system. The guild system organized these workers into associations by individual interests; moreover, these associations became involved in politics and unions for protection from foreign imports, insurance benefits, and improved working conditions. However, early unions were often prosecuted of unlawful accusations such as a combination to raise wages; therefore, a court declared rules regarding trade unions: forming a trade union isn’t illegal and hiring people outside of the union is legal but workers are allowed to strike if nonunion laborers are hired. Although large scale unions began to pop up in 1827, all national groups

The labor movements lead by unions historically have provided laws that protect workers and increased employee rights. Throughout history, teaches have had to work 10 hours days and had very little individual rights outside of the classroom. Women teachers were not permitted to marry. In 1920, teachers would not be in the company of men while in public nor leave town without the permission of the board of education. Teaching in the past required a great deal of manual labor including, scrubbing and mopping floors, maintaining wood stoves and other cleaning rituals deemed appropriate by the board of education. The labor movement of the past and suffrage efforts of the Women’s Trade Union League began the efforts to union representation in the

Due to issues in the past with labor relations, unions were started by employees to help employees and management to work out the differences. These unions helped workers work out issues with management regarding employment conditions, pay, and safety issues, along with the employee’s rights. Because of issues in the past, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was created (Youssef, 2013). Thanks to the National Labor Relations Act, many issues were addressed in the past that concerned employees. This is where Human Resource managers had to work hard towards preserving the reliability of the organization. No one wants to work in any job that might cause him or her harm or never offer a raise or advancement in the company. This area also helped women to advance in careers. Unfortunately, many women were discriminated against or passed over in many jobs in the past. In today’s world, some women take it for granted that they should get whatever they want because if they did not, then they would file complaints against the company. For example, in a call center I worked for we had a causal dress code. Several younger women wanted to push it to be able to wear shorter shorts, tank tops or spaghetti strap tops during the summer. When they were denied their request, they contacted the corporate office and claimed that they were being discriminated against. Personnel from human resource to the legal departments interviewed everyone in our office. At this time, I

The airline industry has been divided into labor unions which include several types of unions such as the Flight Attendants' Unions, the Machinists' Unions, and the Pilots' Unions. The majority of the employees are part of such unions which has led to an increase in labor costs for the entire airline industry. TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS Fuel efficiency is increasing. Aircrafts that are more fuel efficient are being developed and the engines are being redesigned to cater to this change.

At first we need to know what labor unions are. They are organizations that will be and act like the voice of all their members in their labor market. Their sole purpose is to allow their members to be allowed to bargain collectively with any workplace mischief. The thing is that it is getting harder and harder for employees to even have the opportunity to join these democracy-seeking organizations. “Currently, only about 9 percent of employees in the private sector have joined or are members to a trade union.” (Epstein, 2009) When it comes to this small amount it is because of two things and they are that the employers would threaten all their workers about joining these organizations and with all the new existing laws that are

Give a brief summary of the current state of union relations in the airlines industry in the United States. Then answer the following in a well-organized 4- to 5-page paper: There are several different airlines that operate in the United States and the unions that represent the employees of these airlines seem to always be in the spotlight. There are several articles describing the affects these unions have on the employees, the employers, and the economy overall. I will discuss the current state of union relations in the airline industry. Further, I will discuss why the American Airlines Allied Pilots Association would risk the future of the airlines with their demands. Additionally, I will give an update where we are currently with American’s situation and how the recent updates I’ve found affect American Airlines employees. Finally, I will give my opinion of the changes I believe are needed in labor laws in the United States to help stop unions from hurting business.