SOC227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ethnocentrism, Americentrism, Work Function
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Coiled in this lecture: union and workplace control, underlying principle for having a union in the workplace: Union is meant to balance interest of an employee. Employers make unfair decision to exploit that"s why unions are there. Equalize inherent power imbalance and competition interest between the employer and employee. Employers have right to lock out employees, that is if they do not agree on the negotiating terms. Unions are a way of organizing conflict but the unorganized side of conflict is employee sabotage, poorly done work, wild cat strikes (illegal strikes) Competition interest is that it is shifting frontier control. Managers (maximize profit goals for owners and shareholders and. Gain cooperation and commitment from employees to establish. ) and workers (assurance) For management reasons, similar interest gets his/her bonus, avoid productivity etc. Business unionism, job control unionism and social unionism. Unions focus on biz unionism, emphasize increasing. Most relevant for job control unionism where there is more decision making for working.
