Chapter Fourteen Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining.doc

Chapter Fourteen Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
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Gary Dessler
Human Resource Management, 8th Edition
Chapter Fourteen
Labor
Relations and
Collective
Bargaining
Behavioral Objectives
Describe the history of the labor movement and why
workers unionize3>.
Discuss in detail the nature of the major federal labor
relation laws.
Describe the process of a union drive and election.
Explain to an HR manager how to avoid losing a
unionization election.
Describe the nature of the collective bargaining
process.
List important do’s and don’ts for handling
grievances.
When you finish studying this chapter, you should be able to:
1
Why Do anize?
The urge to unionize often boils down to the
belief that it is only through unity that the
workers can get their fair share of the pie and
also protect themselves from the arbitrary
whims of management.
2
Unfair Employer Labor Practices
The Wagner Act deemed “statutory wrongs”(but not crimes) five unfair
labor practices used by employers:
1. It is unfair for employers to “interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees” in
exercising their legally sanctioned right of anization.
2. It is an unfair practice pany representatives to dominate or interfere
with either the formation or the administration of labor unions. Among other
management actions found to be unfair under practices 1 and 2 are bribi