BU354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Human Resource Management, International Labour Organization, Social Movement Unionism
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Industrial unions the unskilled and semiskilled workers at a particular location management. In an industrial union, if the steward cannot help the employee, the problem is given to the grievance committee, which takes the issue to higher levels of management. In craft unions, the steward (representative) take the issue directly to the business agent. Wages and benefits: union avg pay - . 33 nonunion . 47. Increase tenure with the firm: raise productivity or output per worker, managers from both union and nonunion sectors tend to believe that unions lower productivity. Obtaining bargaining rights: legal recognition or bargaining rights may be obtained in three ways, voluntary recognition, through certification by the labour relations board, a prehearing vote or automatic certification resulting from unfair labour practice, 1. Voluntary recognition: union has organized a majority of employees and the employer is satisfied that the union did not apply undue pressure in the organization process, employer accepts the union as the legal bargaining agent, 2.
