BUS 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bargaining Unit, Secret Ballot, Blue-Collar Worker

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 381
• Professor: Rick Iverson

Document Summary

Back-to-work bill introduced by bc as of march 24, 2014, which afects 250 unionized workers. Truckers are only compensated for the working ime, but not the waiing ime. Truckers signed new ideal for increase in wage rates. Threatening to strike again as of nov 2015, back-wage have not been paid. Independent group that brings employees together to have a common voice so that collecively they can represent employees" interests such as wages, work hours, and working condiions. Have enough power to go through strikes and express their voice on wages and working condiions. Feel lack inluence over management to make changes. Organizaion does not prefer its employees not unionize, because it would lose its inluence and potenial compeiive advantage. To provide a common set of rules for fair negoiaions. To protect public interest by prevening impact of labor disputes. Geographical scope internaional, naional, and local.