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Homework answers / question archive / Module 4 - Case LABOR RELATIONS LAWS Assignment Overview Labor Laws, Unionization, and the Workplace A good place to start familiarizing yourself with legal issues involving unions in the workplace is by looking over the National Labor Relations Board website at http://www

Module 4 - Case LABOR RELATIONS LAWS Assignment Overview Labor Laws, Unionization, and the Workplace A good place to start familiarizing yourself with legal issues involving unions in the workplace is by looking over the National Labor Relations Board website at http://www

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Module 4 - Case

LABOR RELATIONS LAWS

Assignment Overview

Labor Laws, Unionization, and the Workplace

A good place to start familiarizing yourself with legal issues involving unions in the workplace is by looking over the National Labor Relations Board website at http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb-process

Be sure you are familiar with the following laws and their amendments:

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

National Labor Relations Act (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

Labor Management Relations Act or Taft-Hartley Act (amended the NLRA). (Click on the link for a very brief introductory overview.)

Case Assignment

After you have reviewed the above laws, read the following articles concerning labor unrest at American Airlines.

American Air pilots’ union: No strike unless it is legal. (2012, August 30). Retrieved August 31, 2012, from http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-americanairlines-pilots-idUSBRE87T14O20120830

DeMaura, S. (2012, August 13). Not just public unions: Private sector unions hurting business. Retrieved August 31, 2012, from Not Just Public Unions: Private Sector Unions Hurting Business

Saporito, B. (2012, October 8). The worst job in America. Time, 180(15), 1. Retrieved from Business Source Complete.

Give a brief summary of the current state of union relations in the airlines industry in the United States. Then answer the following in a well-organized 4- to 5-page paper:

  • If DeMaura is correct in his editorial, why would the American Airlines’ Allied Pilots Association (APA) risk the future of American Airlines with their union demands?
  • Using additional research about unionization in the U.S. airline industry in general and American Airlines in particular, update where we are currently with American’s situation. How do the recent updates that you have found affect American Airlines employees? Are other U.S. airlines also in jeopardy because of labor demands?
  • In your educated opinion (supported by your research) are changes needed in labor laws in the United States to help stop unions from hurting business?

Use at least 5 Trident Online Library sources plus any applicable background readings to help strengthen your discussion.

The paper should be 4-5 pages, not counting cover and reference pages.

 

 

Module 4 - SLP

LABOR RELATIONS LAWS

Disputes in a unionized workplace

Before you start this assignment, be sure that you are familiar with the following:

Responsibilities of the National Labor Relations Board (Click on the link for an introductory overview.)

Managing Grievance Process (July 2012). (Click on the link for a slide presentation on handling grievances).

Unfair Labor Practices (Click on the link for recent developments in this area.)

Read the following scenario:

Jack and Eric are both hourly employees in the finishing department. They work under Phil, the first shift finishing foreman. Steve is the second shift foreman.

Jack has been complaining that Eric is trying to get him to quit so that Eric’s friend can be employed in Jack’s job. He says Eric has bullied and harassed him. Jack thinks it is because he (Jack) helped in union organizing activities last year (Eric is anti-union).

Jack says that Eric complains about anything that Jack does and constantly badgers him to quit. Jack alleges that Eric deliberately does not share crucial information about day-to-day work, which then creates the impression that Jack is underperforming in his role.

Jack has raised concerns about this treatment from Eric on many occasions with Phil, his foreman, who has simply told him to deal with the matter himself.

Jack says he is stressed out and alleges that things came to a head when Eric spent a whole day picking on him and he (Jack) openly wept. Eric repeatedly told Jack that he was not wanted on the finishing team and should quit.

Jack couldn’t afford to be without a job and did not see why he should be forced out. He went home and decided that he was too upset to go to work the following day. He called in that night and told the next shift’s foreman, Steve, that he was too stressed to go to work the next day because he would be picked on.

Steve said he was aware of what had been alleged and thought it had been dealt with by Phil months ago. He advised Jack that he should not go to work the next day and that he (Steve) would speak to Phil.

Jack did as he was instructed, and missed the next day of work. When he returned the following day, Phil called him into the office to ask why he had not been at work and why he had not called in to speak to him directly to report his absence.

Jack was told that because he did not comply with the call-in policy he would get a “ding” on his attendance record. He explained that he called and talked to Steve who was aware of what had happened and had advised him not to go into work the next day.

Phil laughed and told Jack that the department had had bets on whether he would be at work the day after he had been crying and that because of his failure to attend, Phil and Steve had each won $50.

Jack told Phil that he was going to file a grievance with the union because he thought the way he was being treated was not right.

Phil told Jack that if he filed a grievance he would be fired for insubordination. Instead, he should just knuckle down and do his work.

Phil thinks that Jack is the problem, not anyone else.

Jack is very upset and decides that enough is enough. He files a formal grievance with the union about this situation.

Question:

What do you think will happen next? Why? Discuss the important steps that might take place to resolve this issue. If you were the HR manager in this plant, what would you do to get to the root of the issue? Why?

Use at least 2 Trident Online Library sources plus any applicable background readings to help strengthen your discussion. 

The paper should be 2-3 pages, not counting cover and reference pages.

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