labor union

Examples of labor union in the following topics:

• Labor Unions

  • Labor unions provide members with the power of collective bargaining over and fight for workers rights.
  • Labor unions are legally recognized as representatives of workers in many industries in the United States.
  • To join a traditional labor union, workers must either be given voluntary recognition from their employer or have a majority of workers in a bargaining unit vote for union representation.
  • In 2007, the Labor Department reported the first increase in union memberships in 25 years and the largest increase since 1979.
  • Outline the development and purpose of labor unions for workers in society

• Labor Union Impacts on Equilibrium

  • A labor union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals.
  • The primary activity of the union is to bargain with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiate labor contracts.
  • In order to achieve these goals unions engage in collective bargaining: the process of negotiation between a company's management and a labor union.
  • The effect of unions on the labor market equilibrium can be analyzed like any other price increase.
  • Examine the role of unions and collective bargaining in labor-firm relations

• Modern Labor Organizations

  • Labor unions have lost power in the United States over the years and, today, union membership varies by sector.
  • The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States.
  • It was founded in Columbus, Ohio in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.
  • Today, most labor unions in the United States are members of one of two larger umbrella organizations:
  • Private sector union members are tightly regulated by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), passed in 1935.

• Labor and Domestic Tensions

  • During the Gilded Age, new labor unions, which used a wide variety of tactics, emerged.
  • Craft-oriented labor unions, such as carpenters, printers, shoemakers, and cigar makers, grew steadily in the industrial cities after 1870.
  • These unions used frequent short strikes as a method to attain control over the labor market, and fight off competing unions.
  • Starting in the mid 1880s as a new group, the Knights of Labor grew rapidly.
  • The new American Federation of Labor, headed by Samuel Gompers, found the solution.

• Landrum-Griffin Act

  • The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 is a U.S. labor law regulating labor unions' internal affairs and officials' relationships with employers.
  • The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (also "LMRDA" of the "Landrum-Griffin Act"), is a United States labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers.
  • Unions had to hold secret elections, reviewable by the Department of Labor.
  • However, Griffin argued that these violations were contrary to the Act, placing the blame instead on the Department of Labor for failing to pursue action against the Teamsters union for its corruptions.
  • Explain how the Landrum-Griffin Act affected labor unions in the US

• Unions

  • A labor union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals.
  • The petition cards must then be submitted to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which verifies them and orders a secret-ballot election to elect union representatives.
  • The other exception is a last resort—it allows the NLRB to order an employer to recognize a union if over 50% have signed cards and the employer has engaged in unfair labor practices, making a fair election unlikely.
  • The labor union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labor contracts (collective bargaining) with employers.
  • Describe the function of a labor union in the larger legal perspective of human resource management

• The Evolution of Labor Relations

  • While the term is used broadly and in many contexts, labor relations, for our purposes, is the study and practice of managing unionized employment situations.
  • Labor relations is a subarea of industrial relations, which is the field of employee/employer relationships.
  • A trade union or labor union is an organization dedicated to promoting employee rights and improving employee welfare in a given organization or industry.
  • This held strong for many years, and the decline of unions is a very recent trend in labor relations.
  • Explain the way in which labor relations and labor unions evolve and change over time, alongside the implications of the negotiation process between employers and employees.

• Labor Interest Groups

  • Labor interest groups are a type of economic interest group.
  • The National Labor Union (NLU) was the first American federation of unions formed in 1866.
  • The strength of labor interest groups continued in the 19th century.
  • One example was the American Federation of Labor, a large umbrella group made up primarily of locals involved in craft unionism.
  • While labor was more disorganized during the 1920s, the period during and right after WWII saw a continued growth of unions including the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

• Trends in Labor-Management Relations

  • Labor trends include a declining union movement in the US, public sector unions, women leaders, and international unions.
  • Since the middle of the twentieth century, the American labor movement has been in steady decline.
  • In the early 1950s, a third of the United States' total labor force was unionized; by 2012, the proportion was 10%, falling 5% for the private sector.
  • As the manufacturing industries that have constituted the strength of the American Labor Movement declined, such as the steel and auto industries, the rise of the service sector began to see major growth.
  • Summarize the recent history of the labor union movement in America

• National Labor Relations Act

  • The National Labor Relations Act establishes the right of most private-sector workers to form unions, bargain with management and strike.
  • This led to a series of major labor strikes that polarized American attitudes toward unions, as occurred in the 1890s.
  • The National Labor Relations Board, a federal agency, was established to oversee union elections and address unfair labor complaints.
  • The original employer unfair labor practices consisted of:
  • The National Labor Relations Act is to establish the right of most private-sector workers to form unions, bargain with management.