Collective Bargaining Unit 8 Assessment
4 Essays 200 words each. Each essay must contain their own references and cite retrieval APA Format
1. Explain how the enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) in 1970 succeeded in alienating both unions and managements. What did the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, and organized labor, do to combat these occupational hazard issues?
2. State how production standards place managements and unions at odds against each other. Why do some unions prefer the right to strike in this matter while others prefer arbitration?
3. Detail the five measures that unions have taken in the collective bargaining process to introduce provisions that would protect employees displaced or laid off due to technology changes. Have these provisions been effective? State why or why not.
4. Describe several of the jobs that have gone by the wayside due to automation changes. Continue with a list of five employer benefits to technological upgrades, five undesirable features of the problem for workers, and why they are affected.