PeCOP Journal of Social and Management Sciences Collective Bargaining Dr Isaac Chaneta University of Zimbabwe – Harare, Zimbabwe Dr Isaac Chaneta Collective Bargaining Dr Isaac Chaneta Unionism: Good or Bad for Productitivity Dr Isaac Chaneta Employee Welfare 1 PeCOP Journal of Social and Management Sciences Collective Bargaining Dr Isaac Chaneta University of Zimbabwe – Harare, Zimbabwe Abstract Collective bargaining is concerned with the relations between employers acting through their management representatives and organized labour. It is concerned not only with the negotiation of a formal labour agreement but also with the day- to- day dealings between management and the union. Because the management …show more content…
Collective agreements may also address the rules for future bargaining, where this is not covered by obligations under the legislation governing collective bargaining. 2. The outcomes of collective bargaining are not always clear, or predictable: negotiation is a contradictory process involving adversarial role and compromises and accommodation will depend upon a number of factors such as external environmental factors including the state of the economy, the nature of the good or service market, the state of the labour market or the prior history of relationships between the parties. In addition, the success of negotiating tactics will depend upon the skills of individuals , the perceptions of party principals about the strengths of the other party and the employment of other, industrial action outside the negotiations. 3. Collective bargaining systems rely upon the parties bargaining in good faith. This is usually guaranteed by collective legislation. 4. Third party intervention occurs only after the parties reach an impasse in negotiations. Conciliation and arbitration either may be determined by the parties in earlier agreements or be provided by established state institutions. The later has been the case in Australia where the Industrial Relations Commission’s principal conciliation or arbitration is possible under most collective bargaining law in western market
No, I do not believe an employer is required to have a bulletin board. My company does not have a bulletin board; with the use of technology such as email and intranet websites, a traditional bulletin board is not needed.
“negotiation about working conditions and terms and conditions of employment between an employer, a group of employers or one or more employer’s organisations, on the one hand, and one or more representative worker’s organisations on the other, with a view to reaching an agreement” (Farnham and Pimlott 1995).
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Labor unions have been in America for a very long time. There are many unions in a myriad of different fields. Labor unions were and are used to allow for equal treatment of workers. Employers always want to maximize their profits and they try to give the least to get the most in return. For reasons such as this is why unions were formed. Generally a union boss is appointed or hired to protect the rights and privileges of the employees. The union boss is generally very representative of the demographics of the workers. The leader of the employees needs to know what they want and what is fair for them and this is why he tends to represent one type of work force, such as
Campaigning is something that is done in many aspects of life. It breaks down to basically creating arguments to sell yourself or your company to a group of people. President hopefuls set out on a campaign trail every four years to try and get people to vote for them. I always thought that this was the only form of campaigning, but I was incorrect. Employers and Unions both use campaigning to get workers to either avoid, or join a union. Each side has their own tactics and goals to achieve. I plan to analyze both sides and show the pros and cons of each.
Collective bargaining was a result of a Keokuk, Iowa teacher strike in 1970. The salary of the teachers was the main reason the KEA and school board was vigorously divided. When a deadlock was reached between the two groups a mediator came in to help. The school board shot down what the mediator came up with for a solution. According to Daily Gate City, “When the school board adopted a salary schedule April 17 that was $21,000 (or $107 per teacher) less of a package than what was recommended by the mediator, the teachers, with community support went on strike”(Daily Gate City). The Keokuk Education Association ended up in court due to the teachers protesting and state public employees were not allowed to go on strike. They refused to stop the
Union diversification can make the union stronger, which can cause an increase in the amount of paying members of the union. However, this could be a good thing for the union because more members would be paying the yearly dues, which can also increase the financial power of the union. UAW representing employees outside the auto industry could takes away jobs from current employee. UAW would look at it as an opportunity to pay the workers less money if they relocate outside the United States. Some of the plans could be for the auto industry and UAW to slash the manufacturing wages in the United States as well as around the world. Many studies have been done to focus on the concession bargain at different levels of the individual plant, “the
The NLRA requires management and the union to bargain over certain issues if they are introduced in negotiations. The issues are referred to as mandatory bargaining items and include anything that falls into the category of wages, hours, and working conditions such as health insurance, safety standards, and flexible work hours. To begin, labor law affects what is discussed at the bargaining table, specifically the NLRA requires good faith bargaining over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The NLRA also allows the parties to negotiate over certain issues if they are mutually amenable to doing so. For example, if the parties involved choose to negotiate over the treatment of retirees or job applicants, they have the
The right to associate (join a union) is a statutory (legally protected) right in Canada, but collective bargaining has not yet been ratified as a constitutional or human right (though the debate of such has been ongoing for decades). A human right is defined as a right inherent to all individuals, “as a part of their fundamental existence as human beings” to create/preserve dignity (Foster, 2011, p. 34). The basic disunion between the concepts of collective bargaining for economic parity and human rights for democratic and social equality lays the foundation for the ongoing argument: should collective bargaining be recognized as a human right?
Unions are important because most businesses put their attention on generating profits at the expense of staff. The nature of work in America is evolving. Employers are trying to do everything they can to get rid of the obligation of providing health insurance, good pension coverage, reasonable work hours and job safety protections. This is not in all markets, but it does happen more frequently than most would imagine. As an alternative, businesses are making employees' jobs and incomes less secure through cutting hours to part time, downsizing, contracting out and sending operations overseas for completing. Now more than ever, every day, working class individuals need the shared voice and negotiating power unions deliver to keep companies from making work places look as it did in the
Before this week I truly had no idea what a labor union was or their actual purpose. I remember hearing family and friends speak on labor unions and may have received some biased opinions concerning the topic along the way. I have never been directly affected or forced to join a labor union which is reason to why I have never showed much interest.
An article in the New York Times shared light to some opinions of the case. “Under California law, public employees who choose not to join unions must pay a “fair share service fee,” also known as an “agency fee,” typically equivalent to members’ dues. The fees, the law says, are meant to pay for collective bargaining activities, including “the cost of lobbying activities.” More than 20 states have similar laws.” Workers decided to make the claim that unions were using their dues for activities beside collective bargaining. A claim was made that dues are being used to help fund the union’s speech and that it violated non members first amendment rights. However, the article continued to claim “Unions say the teachers’ First Amendment argument is a ruse. Non-members are already entitled to refunds of payments spent on political activities like advertising to support a political candidate.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) started in July 1935 to protect the rights of employees, rather, they be union or nor-union employees (Pozgar, 2012). The employees are protected under the Act or may employ in bubble-like, rigorous goings-on in situations other than the customary union organizations and cooperative bargaining. The National Labor Relations Board regulates the employers from interfering with the rights of the employees to implement or organize and join with a groups that offers assists with collective bargaining purposes like organization union or joining one (Pozgar, 2012). The employer may not restrain, coerce or stop employees
Collective bargaining is the process by which conditions of employment are negotiated between management, and the labor organization representing employees in the bargaining unit. However, “collective bargaining refers to a situation in which union members and officials meet with an intent to resolve any issues or conflicts, in an attempt to maintain relationships” (Holley, Jennings, & Wolters, 2012, p. 243). The collective bargaining process relies on four aspects: recognition of the meeting, meeting with appropriate parties, bargaining in good faith, and incorporating the reached agreement (Adam, 1997). Nevertheless, collective bargaining activities are governed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRA requires bargaining
In life there is always some type of give and take amongst others. Some exchange may be beneficial and some can be regretful. This is all the same with negotiation, either is to negotiate a divorces decree, price of a new home, or a NFL or NBA contract deal. The world today is full of negotiating situation in and can be executed at any given time. There two common characteristic of a negotiation or bargaining situation. Negotiating parties have separate but conflicting interest.