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What is a union? According to Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine (2014), “A union is a formal association of workers that promotes the interests of its members through collective action” (p. 560). Many employees join unions, while employers tend to resist them. Why is this? Mathis et al. (2014) states, “In the United states, unions typically try to increase compensation, improve working conditions, and influence workplace rules” (p. 560). There are some employers that have a tendency to resist unions because they believe that a union affects how they manage their employees and the workplace (Mathis et al., 2014, p. 562). With this being said, a union basically acts as bargaining agent for employees when it comes to areas such as compensation, work …show more content…

According to Mathis et al. (2014), “Some employers would rather not have to negotiate with unions because they affect how employees and workplaces are managed” (p. 562). Employers feel that a union prevents them from having complete control over the workers and the rules and policies of the company. With employers having less control, a union allows workers to unite giving them the power to place boundaries on the employer’s flexibility and the enforcement of the organizations policies. As a union, employees can fight to change certain policies of an organization. Some employers see this as a challenge to their right and therefore continue to resist unionization. However, Mathis et al. (2014) states, “once established, some employers pursue a strategy of good relations with unions, while others choose an aggressive, adversarial approach” (p. 562). There are some strategies that an employer can execute to avoid employees wanting to form a union. Mathis et al. (2014) states, “Companies can develop good employment practices, encourage greater employee feedback, offer better compensation, and build good rapport with workers to make unions unnecessary in employees’ eyes” (p. 562). However, if employees do decide to join a union, organizations should not coerce, question, discourage, or spy on these

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Unions are formed to give a united voice to the workers in an attempt to create equality and collective security between the corporations and their employees. For example, on August 3rd, 1981, PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) went on strike in an effort to get better pay and safer working conditions. Two days later, taking the side of business, Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 workers for not returning to work. With these examples, one can see how through

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Most trade or labor unions were initially formed to bring workers together to petition and receive work environments more favorable to the workers. Their strength lied in numbers as the management was unlikely to fight against the masses. However, these days, many major unions such as the AFL-CIO, today work to create and make available the top benefits for members of a company. Some of this include includes the areas of positive work environments, job security, pay and benefits, and the capacity to go on strike if certain conditions are not met. Meanwhile, larger unions additionally work politically to influence legislation that will continue to create benefits for the companies that are represented along with its employees.

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The National Labor Relations Act allows employees to form a union or join a preexisting union. The same act prevents employers from standing in the way of workers attempting to unionize. Many organizations frown on unionization, but regardless of their opinion, they cannot interfere with employment rights. Employers are violating the law if they threaten employee 's jobs, question union activities, or eliminate benefits for employees by unionization. They also cannot offer benefits or perks to employees for refusing to unionize, as this could be seen as illegal persuasion (Employer/Union Rights, n.d.).

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According to Madheswaran, “ Labor Union is an organization of workers formed to promote the collective bargaining of wages, fringe benefits, job security and working conditions for employees”. The labor unions in the United States grew out of the needs to protect these common interest for workers. Labor unions grew in popularity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the advent of the industrial revolution, where a greater quantity of goods could be produced by factories in a lesser amount of time due to new advances in machinery. With the advent of labor unions, employees could negotiate their compensation.

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They think unions should be available to all workers. Unions are very beneficial for all workers. They have helped create higher wages for all workers, union member or non-union member. If there were two companies, one unionized and one not, and the union of the one company fought for a raise and won, what would the un-unionized company do to keep their employees from leaving? Raise their wages as well.

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The Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s and modern social movements today are similar and different in many ways. The Civil Rights movement was a movement that focused on fighting for Black Americans to gain equal rights in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. There were many different ways that the people who were fighting for justice used, like majority peaceful or non peaceful protest. Events like Little Rock Nine, Freedom Riders, and Bloody Sunday were all examples of the movements used to fight for Black American rights. Some key figures of the Civil Rights movements were people like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks who were famous for different reasons since King led many of the movements and was a famous Civil Rights activist

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The Cold War really began in 1945 after the end of WWII with the defeat of Germany and Japan, and in 1946 it really began to take hold after speeches and the ideology that communism and capitalism were incompatible. Then soon after, “Stalin and Churchill issued their declarations of cold war” (LaFeber 44). After the general elections of 1945, Winston Churchill was voted out and replaced by Clement Attlee, so Harry Truman invited Churchill to go to the U.S. to give a speech and let the people see him. During the visit, on March 5, 1946, while visiting Westminster College in Missouri, Churchill gave his famous iron curtain speech, and claims that there is an iron curtain on the border where the red army occupies. He continues, saying that there

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Due to the expenses that unionization can cause for employers, businesses tend to stray from this very topic, but why do businesses dislike unions and why do workers want unions? Being in a union would allow many benefits to its workers, this would mean higher wages, a more organized human resources department as well as an easier political infrastructure. From the perspective of a corporal business owner, this does not seem that bad until you look at the price at which the formation of Union would take. An example would be an unproductive worker, due to the union's job security, it would be very difficult to let go of these types of employees, which would cause a net loss for companies. These expenses would cause many conflicts between employers

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Unions are seen to have only a limited role in these economies. Today, union representation is being seen as contributing to the firm’s market performance, and not representation of interests (Kamoche, 2008). There has been a significant decline in union membership in Japan, China Germany and the USA. This trend has mainly been brought about by major political and government influence on union representation in these countries. Another cause for decline in union membership in these economies is due to the fact that collective bargaining agreements do most of the work of the unions, and employees do not see the need for these unions.

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The topic of Labor Unions has been the focus of many political debates in recent years, with these discussions having people advocate for and against the unions. Labor Unions are an organization that represent a collective group of employees to protect and further theirs rights and interests. Labor Unions were first introduced in the eighteenth century with increasing numbers around the United States and the world, but unfortunately during the past decade these numbers have drastically decreased, resulting in less education and achievement of solidarity among employees. Solidarity is the unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest. Workers in the United States would benefit more through labor

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Jay Greene is Chair of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas says Unions are "[...]designed to promote the interests of their own and not the interests of nonmember [...]"(Greene) Unions only support their agenda they are not willing to help or adhere to anybody else. Under no circumstances should unions continue to operate in the US. No longer would people suffer the unions ridiculous economic demands and America work ethic would be restored. Unions would be gone and people would no longer have conflict with their greed and corruption. Citizens should vocalize the dangers of labor unions and push politicians to pass laws that disband them everywhere in the US.

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Labor unions have been around for many years and have established various laws and regulations. According to Mondy and Martocchio, the definition of labor unions refers to the organizations that exist to represent the interests of employees in the workplace and to ensure fair treatment when conflicts arise between one or more employee and management. Labor unions negotiate collective bargaining agreements that discuss the terms of employment in a written document. Unions exist to provide employees with compensation and employee benefits, job security, and how the attitude of management relates. Although, many individuals join unions for various reasons they use them are relevant.

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Management must consider and understand when working with a unionized company flexibility will be an issue. If a manager has a new way of helping employee to perform the must first work with the union and communicate changes that will positively affect the employees duties and responsibilities in order to increase performance. Union must agree before the manager can implement the change. This can be very frustrating for the employer. Communication can be a challenge as well when working with union workers majority of union contracts require communication to go through union representatives.

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Although union members earn higher wages than non-union members, the presence of unions help set a baseline that non-union workers can use to negotiate their wage. Unions are not just good for the worker, employers to gain from unionization.

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The following section discusses the decline in trade union membership, reasons of decline union in membership and the solution of the declines, advantages and disadvantages of trade unions membership in any employment. Trade union is an organization who have come together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, achieving higher pay and benefits such as health care and retirement, increasing the number of employees an employer assigns to complete the work and better working conditions. Most trade unions are independent of any employer. However, trade unions try to develop close working relationships with employers. This can sometimes take the form of a partnership agreement between the employer and the trade union which identifies their

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