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What are the major reasons why workers unionize? What are some of the benefits workers can potentially gain from unionizing?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Downshifting occurs when a person decreases family obligations in order to have more time to invest in his or her career.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 3

Which of the following best describes a yellow dog contract?
 
  A) As a condition of employment, an employee agrees not to picket.
  B) Employers agree to give union members preference in hiring.
  C) As a condition of employment, an employee agrees to not join a union.
  D) Employers agree to abide by the guidelines of the local labor unions.

Question 4

A recommended tactic when you need help from a coworker is to express your demand as a request for help rather than as a demand.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 5

The tactic, keep a large balance in your favor bank, means to make sure that you owe a lot of people favors.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 6

Which of the following bans five unfair labor practices and provides for majority rule and secret ballot elections?
 
  A) Landrum-Griffin Act
  B) Norris-LaGuardia Act
  C) Taft-Hartley Act
  D) Wagner Act

Question 7

In a brief essay, discuss some of the reasons for declining union membership. Do you think this is good or bad for the U.S. economy and U.S. businesses? Why?
 
  What will be an ideal response?
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6 years ago
Answer to #1

Answer: Pay and working conditions are important factors. Recent median weekly wage for union workers was 970, versus 763 for nonunion workers. Union workers also generally receive more holidays, sick leave, unpaid leave, insurance plan benefits, long-term disability benefits, and other benefitsabout 14.50 per hour in benefits compared with about 7.50 per hour for nonunion workers.

But it's not just money. The urge to unionize often comes down to the belief on the part of workers that it's only through unity that they can get their fair share of the pie and also protect themselves from the arbitrary whims of management. The bottom line is that low morale, fear of job loss, and poor communication (in other words, poor employee relations) also foster unionization.

Modern Survey conducted a study that measured items such as employees' interest in being represented by a union, confidence in senior management, and employee engagement. It concluded that 50 of actively disengaged employees would vote yes to unionization, while only 20 of such employees would vote no union. It concludes that paying attention to employee engagement levels within your organization helps to foster positive relationships between employees and management and decreases the likelihood of a workforce seeking union representation.

Gallup conduct its own surveys that complements these conclusions. For example, among the over 500 organizations in which Gallup measures employee engagement, 45 of nonunion employees were engaged, while fewer38of unionized employees were engaged.

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Answer to #3

Answer: C

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F

Answer to #6

Answer: D

Answer to #7

Answer: Several things contributed to union membership decline over the past 60 or so years. Unions traditionally appealed mostly to blue-collar workers, and the proportion of blue-collar jobs has been decreasing as service-sector and white-collar service jobs have increased. Furthermore, several economic factors, including intense international competition, have put unions under further pressure. Globalization increases competition, and competition increases pressures on employers to cut costs and boost productivity. This in turns puts unions in a squeeze. Other factors pressuring employers and unions include the deregulation of trucking, airlines, and communications; outdated equipment and factories; mismanagement; new technology; and laws (such as Title VII) that somewhat substituted for and reduced the need for unions. The effect of all this has been the permanent layoff of hundreds of thousands of union members, the permanent closing of company plants, the relocation of companies to nonunion settings (either in the United States or abroad), and mergers and acquisitions that eliminated union jobs and affected collective bargaining agreements. Union membership as a percentage of people working has dropped about 2/3 over 50 years.
ahleaders Author
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6 years ago
I can see it now, thanks for clarifying
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6 years ago
Make sure to mark the topic solved
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