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Unions & Management

Unions & Management. Chapter 8, Section 3. Unions are organizations of workers who pool their resources and efforts to secure: fair pay better benefits safe working conditions job security. WHAT IS A UNION?. Wages and Fringe Benefits Working Conditions Job Security Union Security

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Unions & Management

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  1. Unions & Management Chapter 8, Section 3

  2. Unions are organizations of workers who pool their resources and efforts to secure: fair pay • better benefits • safe working conditions • job security WHAT IS A UNION?

  3. Wages and Fringe Benefits • Working Conditions • Job Security • Union Security • Grievance Procedures 5 MAJOR ISSUES

  4. WAGES • Set by contract • Type of position • Number of years on the job • Overtime policy (standard 40 hr. work week) • COLA adjustment (Cost of Living Adjustment) Wages and Fringe Benefits

  5. FRINGE BENEFITS • Nonwage payments • Sick days • Holidays • Vacation days • Health & life insurance • Savings and retirement plans • ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership) Wages & Fringe Benefits

  6. Clean & Safe workplace • Clear work responsibilities • Reasonable working hours • Ease of contacting and gaining assistance WORKING CONDITIONS

  7. LAWS prohibit employers for firing an employee based on race, sex, religion, age, or union activity. • SENIORITY SYSTEM: The holding of privileges based on the number of years a worker has been employed by a firm. • Workers with the least seniority will be the first to lose their jobs in the event that the company must reduce it’s workforce. JOB SECURITY

  8. Larger class sizes ahead as teachers collect pink slips Effect on students may be minimal as the academic benefits of small class sizes remain unclear March 28, 2010|By Lisa Black, Noreen Ahmed-Ullah and LollyBowean, Tribune reporters As thousands of Illinois teachers receive pink slips in this spring's brutal budget season, parents can do the math: Fewer teachers equals higher class sizes. Administrators have assured them that the modest increases being proposed at many schools won't make a significant difference — and research largely backs them up. Still, parents across the region are venting frustration at school board meetings and pleading for teachers to negotiate lower salaries to save jobs. Chicago Tribune

  9. Secures the right to organize and join a union UNION SECURITY

  10. GRIEVANCE: formal complaint • Resolved by committees that made up of representatives of the union and the management. • EX: tour guide is not receiving as many tour assignments as she should. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

  11. Describe a dispute that you recently had with a friend, classmate, or your parents. • Identify 3-5 issues that relate to the dispute • What methods did you use to resolve the dispute? • How was your situation similar or different to that of a union? THINKING AND WRITING CRITICALLY

  12. Ms. Soris pulling her hair out!!!! Aggrivated AHHH! Losing Patience EXAMPLE: MY ROOMMATE!

  13. RENT: Late, Late, Late!! • LIVING CONDITIONS: She’s a mess!! (carpet, trash, dishes, etc.) • HOUSE SECURITY: Doors unlocked, open, garage door!!! • ZERO CONTRIBUTIONS: Trash bags, dishwasher soap, paper towels, etc. MY ROOMMATE

  14. Talked it out • Made sacrifices for each other • Negotiated several issues: rent, contributing to household items, etc. METHODS TO RESOVE ISSUE

  15. Describe a dispute that you recently had with a friend, classmate, or your parents. • Identify 3-5 issues that relate to the dispute • What methods did you use to resolve the dispute? • How was your situation similar or different to that of a union? THINKING AND WRITING CRITICALLY

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