Assignment:
Case
ORGANIZED LABOR
Assignment Overview
This assignment is about what the labor contract says. This is a key element in whether or not the union or employer will win at a grievance arbitration case. View the following video that explains that the contract wording alone sometimes does not tell the whole story:
(Eisenberg, 2015)
In this Case Assignment we will look at actual labor contracts to experience the content and detail involved.
Go to the following source:
United States Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Collective Bargaining Agreements.
The emphasis is on how to represent information in table form and to draw your own conclusions from the data presented.
Case Assignment
Select two labor contracts, each representing a different industry group. Discuss (in your own words):
- How the two contract sections on employee grievance handlingdiffer and are the same (paying close attention to the definition of "grievance"; grievance processing steps, mediation and/or arbitration and other important topics in the clause).
- Compare and contrast their employee discipline/dischargeclauses.
- Summarize by bringing in your module readings and/or library research to discuss the impact grievance handling might have on employee relations.
Include at least 3 library sources to help strengthen your discussion.
Half of your paper should be a table or tables, and half a discussion of your conclusions drawn from the tables you present. Paper length: 3 pages, not counting cover and reference pages. Please upload your paper by the module due date.
Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research.
Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information.
Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered end notes, or use APA style of referencing.
Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a list of references, headings/subheadings, and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors.
Visit Trident's Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper for instruction on writing papers, citing sources, proper referencing, and so forth.
SLP
SECOND ASSIGNMENT
ORGANIZED LABOR
In the SLP assignment, you have the opportunity to evaluate strategies taken by union organizers to organize nonunion workplaces.
Review the sources pertaining to union organizing listed on the Module 3 Background page, review the indystar.com article (below), and conduct your own research.
Hussein, F. (2017). Labor Movement Turns to Social Activism to Attract Millennials.
- What labor movement effort or efforts do you think might have the most impact on increasing the number of unionized workplaces in the private sector? Why?
Prepare your response as a 2-page brochure/handout geared to HR professionals attending an HRM conference expo. Your goal is to make them more aware of what you think will be unionization tactics they should look out for in future.
Please upload your eye-catching brochure by the Module due date. Include at least 2 references that you utilized to prepare your assignment.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research.
Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information.
For the sources that you utilize, give the authors credit for their work.
Prepare a submission that is professionally presented. Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors.