Both of these things are issues that affect the workers on an everyday basis. The management side of this issue had the power to make these changes and the labor side of the issue in the form of the union did not choose to bargain about them because they understood that they way the contract was written management had the right to make changes such as these. In the case of Are Teaching Assistants (TAs), Research Assistants (RAs), and Proctors Employees Under the NLRA, the question at hand was whether or not these different groups were indeed classified as employees of the university and if so whether they were entitled to join the union and have the protections that being a union member would afford them. This issue again affected these people in regards to their everyday working environments. If they were to be classified as employees and thus allowed to unionize then their everyday working conditions would most likely be very different.

While unionization of employees in the private arena has been steadily declining, the reverse has occurred for workers in the public sector. In recent years, government employees joining unions, including schoolteachers, has actually gone up. Currently the teachers' unions exercise a tremendous deal of authority, throughout the educational arena. Almost everyone concurs that public schools have to be improved and whether or not meaningful changes occur often relies mainly on what the teachers' unions decide to do. It is thought that the outlook of the teaching system in this country relies on how the unions decide to use their authority (History of Labor Unions, 2010).

Over the path of more than a century, the labor advancement has had a tremendous influence in shaping how people in America exist and work. The pressure that the unions have had over the years has been tremendous over the extended...

The labor advancement's importance has forever been unstable because of people's approach in regards to ordered labor. Currently, just like in the past, a number of people avidly think that unions are vital institutions of liberty, whereas other people believe that they are at greatest a relic and at the worst a barrier to advancement (History of Labor Unions, 2010).
In the end the conclusion can be drawn that both sides of the labor relation movement have tremendous power over workplace rules and organization. The key is to be able to strike a balance of power between those involved so that business can be conducted peacefully. If a union is involved then the power tends to lie on the side of the employee and if there is no union then the balance in power tips to the employer. Both sides have different objectives and each has the best interests of their objectives in mind. If the balance of power if allowed to be tipped unfavorably in one direction or the other then unrest will sure to ensue and labor relations will deteriorate quickly. It is the process of balancing this power that allows business to be successful and everyone to end up content. There are times that this balance is more easily achieved than others, but eventually there are meetings in the middle and everyone is successful in the end.

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