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    This document provides an overview of labor relations and collective bargaining. It discusses why workers organize into trade unions, with reasons including obtaining better pay, working conditions, and benefits. The collective bargaining process involves both management and labor negotiating terms of employment in good faith. Items that can be bargained include mandatory topics like pay and hours as well as permissible topics like benefits, but illegal topics are excluded. The document also outlines potential outcomes of negotiations like impasses that could lead to mediation or strikes by unions seeking concessions from management. Grievances over issues such as discipline or assignments are also addressed.

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    This document provides an overview of labor relations and collective bargaining. It discusses why workers organize into trade unions, with reasons including obtaining better pay, working conditions, and benefits. The collective bargaining process involves both management and labor negotiating terms of employment in good faith. Items that can be bargained include mandatory topics like pay and hours as well as permissible topics like benefits, but illegal topics are excluded. The document also outlines potential outcomes of negotiations like impasses that could lead to mediation or strikes by unions seeking concessions from management. Grievances over issues such as discipline or assignments are also addressed.

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    Human Resource Management

    1
    ELEVENTH EDITION

    GARY DESSLER

    Part 5 | Employee Relations

    Chapter 15

    Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

    Trade Union (Collective Bargaining Agent: CBA) - why do workers organize?


    Long research, No one simple answer. To get more pay, better working conditions, more holidays-leave-insurance

    plan and many other benefits than non-union workers.


    More specifically, it is for

    EMPLOYER UNFAIRMESS, and UNIONS POWER

    What Do Unions Want?


    Aims of Unions
    Union Security Improved wages, hours, working conditions, and benefits
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    Trade Union
    The Union must get 30% vote of the employees, at

    least
    Thus there must not be more than three groups Once elected the Trade Union must combine

    members from rest of the groups to make a team to work


    The elected CBA is assumed to work for the benefit

    of the workers
    They can be a good spokesperson on behalf of them
    But sometimes they implement political decisions They can also accused of corruptions
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    The Collective Bargaining Process


    What Is Collective Bargaining?
    Both management and labor are required by law to negotiate

    wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment in good faith.


    The bargaining unit is the group of employees that the union

    will be authorized to represent and bargain for collectively.

    What Is Good Faith Bargaining?


    Both parties communicate and negotiate. They match proposals with counterproposals in a reasonable

    effort to arrive at an agreement.


    Neither party can compel the other to agree to a proposal or to

    make any specific concessions.

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    Classes of Bargaining Items


    Categories of Bargaining Items

    Mandatory Items

    Permissible Items

    Illegal Items

    Rates of Pay

    Working hours
    Overtime Holidays Severance Pay Insurance Benefits Profit-sharing Plans Job performance Union Security

    Mgt rights to Union affairs Scope of Bargaining Employment of Strike breaker Use of Union Label

    Closed Shop Separation of employees based on race, religion Discriminatory treatment

    Pension benefits
    Settlement of unfair labor changes

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    Impasses, Mediation, and Strikes


    An Impasse
    Usually occurs because one party is demanding more than the other will

    offer.
    Sometimes an impasse can be resolved through If the impasse is NOT resolved:

    a third partya disinterested person such as a mediator or arbitrator. The union may call a work stoppage, or strike, to put pressure on management.

    Grievance
    Any factor involving wages, hours, or conditions of employment that is

    used as a complaint against the employer. Sources of Grievances

    Discipline, Seniority, Job evaluations, Work assignments, Overtime, Vacations, Incentive plans, Holiday pay, Problem employees
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