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Labor Laws Unions Choose organization familiar unionized. Outline organization chosen including: • Provide background information chosen organization. • Identify legal issues obstacles organization encounter.
One of the best known unions in the world, in terms of the union power and capacity to exert influence in the organization, is the union structure at General Motors. General Motors employees 209,000 people, sells around 6.5 million annually and is considered to be one of the largest companies in the automotive industry
Although the company's competitiveness has been challenged in the mid-2000s, the organization proved sufficiently versatile to penetrate new markets, such as the Chinese market, offering new opportunities.
Historically, the United Automobile Workers (UAW), one of the main unions that groups workers from the automotive industry, has been able to bargain privileged working conditions with the three big producers in the United States, including with General Motors. These ranged from job security guarantees to pension and health care benefits
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As a consequence, they would be able to impose preferred conditions, threatening to strike instead. The large number of unionized workers meant that the actual impact on the GM earnings and profits would be devastating, negatively impacting, in the end, the stock market performance of GM shares as well. As a consequence, GM management preferred to offer an increased number of privileges in exchange for the absence of social unrest and a reasonable level of work productivity.
Bargaining power goes even beyond the simple threat of strike. The unions can affect the productivity of workers and can motivate the employees towards an increased productivity, if the conditions they have imposed to management have been met. Overall, the influence of the unions is translated in the communities from which the workers are part…
Bibliography
1. General Motors website at www.gm.com. Last retrieved on August 21, 2011
2. Muller, Joanna. 2008. If GM collapses, don't blame the union. Forbes.com. On the Internet at http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/04/detroit-labor-uaw-biz-manufacturing-cz_jm_1205union.html. Last retrieved on August 21, 2011
3. Vlasic, Bill. 2009. Union Talks Seen as Key as GM Makes Case for Funds. The New York Times. On the Internet at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/business/economy/17auto.html. Last retrieved on August 21, 2011
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Muller, Joanna. 2008. If GM collapses, don't blame the union. Forbes.com. On the Internet at http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/04/detroit-labor-uaw-biz-manufacturing-cz_jm_1205union.html. Last retrieved on August 21, 2011
This lawsuit should be settled between the players union and the NFL, with the NFL agreeing to cut Vilma's suspension in half as a compromise. Carrying this bitter debate out in a public display of acrimony would not serve the NFL or the players well. What are the benefits of joining a union? Union members are allowed to negotiate on "…pay standards, benefits, and safety and security issues (Hamlett, 2010).
Collective bargaining can be separated into three distinct parts: the obligation to meet and discuss; the obligation to bargain in good faith; and the obligation to cover certain subjects. The company is not required to have the same opinion to any exacting contract provision, no matter how sensible or fair it seems to the union. On the other hand, declining to meet at practical times; declining to talk about
Labor Unions The National Football League (NFL) is a high profile sports organization that contributes to the large and growing sports business market and is one of the most recognized corporate brands in America. Every Sunday millions of people watch professional football presented by this organization. Commercial slots for these games provides incredible amounts of revenue as products such as jersey's, cable packages and season tickets contribute to this powerful organization.
Because unions retain the exclusive right to negotiate on behalf of its members, the individual worker may have little recourse to easily address incompetent leadership. The Disadvantages of Unionized Labor for Healthcare Employers: The primary disadvantages of unionized labor for healthcare employers correspond to the relative loss of control over issues and workplace elements commonly transferred to workers (through their unions), which accounts for the traditional resistance with which many employers
Providence Health Care's Background Information Started legally on March 31, 2000, Providence Health Care is a Canadian nonprofit, faith-based organization operating 15 centers in British Columbia and Vancouver. The organization has a staff of 6000 employees and 1500 volunteers. " This organization mainly serves the residents from Lower Mainland as well as the rest of British Columbia in collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health, Provincial Health Services and University of British Columbia"
employees resist integrating new technologies into workplace duties, and what can be done to prevent employee resistance to technology changes? You know, I'm all for progress. It's change I object to." - Mark Twain The Key Question to be addressed: The salient topic of this paper approaches the question of why there is a predictable and often across-the-board degree of resistance from employees when it comes to approaching - and adapting