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Kinds of Union Arrangements

Learn about closed shops, union shops, modified union shops, agency shops, and collective bargaining processes in labor relations. Discover the key roles of workers, union officials, and management representatives in resolving labor disputes.

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Kinds of Union Arrangements

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  1. Kinds of Union Arrangements • Four General Types of Union Arrangements • Closed Shops • Employer agrees to only hire union members • Taft-Hartley Act made closed shops illegal • Union Shops • Do not have to belong to be hired • Must join soon after being hired • Cannot require membership before 30 days of employment • 21 states prohibit mandatory union membership

  2. Kinds of Union Arrangements • Modified Union Shops • Workers do not have to belong to a union to be hired • Cannot be made to join one to keep their jobs • If they choose to join, they must remain members • Agency Shops • Workers need not be union members to be hired or keep their jobs • Must pay dues to the union • Nonunion workers are subject to contract negotiated by the union

  3. Collective Bargaining • Meeting between representatives for labor and management • Elected union officials represent laborers • Company officials in charge of labor represent management • Grievance procedures are used • Provision for resolving issues • Mediation – 3rd party trying to come up with a solution both sides like • Neither side has to accept the mediator’s recommendation • Arbitration – third party decision, which if final • Voluntary arbitration – both sides agree Compulsory arbitration – one side is forced

  4. Collective Bargaining • More Grievance Procedures • Fact-Finding • Agree to have a 3rd party investigate issues and recommend settlements • Proves one side over another • Injunction and Seizure • Injunction – a court order not to act • Can direct a union not to strike • Can direct a company not to lock out workers • Seizure – government takes over operations • Presidential Intervention • President will appeal to both sides of a dispute

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