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Workplace Labor Unions

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Labor unions are designed to organize an association of workers, often in a profession or trade, which are formed in order to protect and build further right and interests for individuals in the organizations. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics who issued a Union Members Summary on Thursday, January 28 2016 stated that there is an estimated 14.8 million members in the United States today. These union member represent a wide range of industries and occupations, and are in sectors that include the public and government.
Unions have had a tremendous impact between the workers and the management. As stated before Unions given a voice to the workers and protect the worker from an organization. They have developed the standard for many …show more content…

One of the issues with this representation is the power that global operations have gained throughout the world. Corporations have grown in power with the ability to close operations and relocate with only short period of time or sometimes without any notice at all to protect and save corporation profits, shutting down a plant or moving to remain competitive leaving the states with little power or influence. As the corporations gain world power and influence states and countries have less ability to win or create a more just …show more content…

As described by S.R Shearer in the article “Working Conditions in ‘Third World’, states that “the normal work week, not including overtime, is 12 hours a day, six days a week, or 72 hours a week. The work is divided into three shifts: 8am-11:30pm, 12:30pm-4:30am, and 5:30am-10pm. On top of this grueling 12-hour schedule, workers are often forced to work an additional 2-5 hours of overtime”, and if workers refuse to work overtime the worker can be fined and if there the worker is unable to work overtime three days in a row they could possibly lose their job. These workers are given a quotas to fulfill but many are able to meet the unreasonable demand during the normal 12 hour working shift that they must complete it by staying behind and work without pay. This only describing the working hours for many of these workers it does not detail the working environment. The long hours that are described are cause of factory workers that are set in place by American organizations and corporations that have created this work environment to produce products at low cost and in large numbers. This is an example of how large companies outsource to countries that don’t understand or are willing to sacrifice individuals and allow for them to take advantage of human and natural resources to keep corporations in their countries or state. Without the

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