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Labor Relations Week 2

Labor Relations Week 2. HRMG 5930 Labor Relations Webster University – Kansas City Instructor: Nathan Stewart. Week 2 Overview. Articles Chapters 2 & 3 Guided Lecture Cases Mini-cases Discussion Questions. Labor Relations Historical Framework. Historical Framework

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Labor Relations Week 2

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  1. Labor RelationsWeek 2 HRMG 5930 Labor Relations Webster University – Kansas City Instructor: Nathan Stewart

  2. Week 2 Overview • Articles • Chapters 2 & 3 Guided Lecture • Cases • Mini-cases • Discussion Questions

  3. Labor Relations Historical Framework • Historical Framework • Rise & Fall of Union Membership (Exhibit 2-3) • Skilled Workers Unions - ~1800 • Closed Shop • Emergence of National Unions – 1850s

  4. Labor Relations Historical Framework • Civil War & post-Civil War • Waves of immigrants • Use of machines • Widening wage gaps continued from war period • 1873 Depression • Employers & Unions Battle in 1870s

  5. Labor Relations Historical Framework • Knights of Labor • Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (FOTLU) - 1881 • American Federation of Labor (AFL) -1886 • Gompers 38 years

  6. Labor Relations Historical Framework • Gompers’ Strategy • National Union autonomy • National Union exclusive jurisdiction • Focus on immediate wage-centered gains • Avoid alliances with politicians • Massive increase in AFL membership (3M 1917) • World War I

  7. Labor Relations Historical Framework • Great Depression • Norris-LaGuardia Act 1932 • National Industrial Recovery Act 1933 • NLRA/Wagner Act 1935 • Congress of Industrial Organizations

  8. Labor Relations Historical Framework • World War II • Taft-Hartley 1947 • The Merger AFL-CIO (pg73) • Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 • Historical Framework Conclusion

  9. Labor Relations Legal Framework • Judicial Control • Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 The Big Three • Wagner Act of 1935 • Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 • Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959

  10. Wagner Act • Enforcement – Creation of the NLRB • Collective Bargaining – the right to self-organization • Unfair labor practices (five) • Election of representatives • Exclusions – Government and railway labor act

  11. Unfair Labor Practices • To interfere with self-organization • To dominate or interfere with formation • By discrimination in regard to hire or tenure, or any term or condition of employment • Discriminating against employees who file charges or testify (whistleblowers) • Refusing to bargain collectively

  12. Taft-Hartley Act • Jurisdictional strikes • Campaign expenditures – gives guidelines, does not bar • Outlawed closed shops • Union security clauses – authorized states to pass right-to-work legislation • Strikes and strike notices

  13. Taft Hartley…2 • Anti-communism • Treatment of supervisors • Right of employer to oppose unions • More power to NLRB • Federal court jurisdiction to enforce collective bargaining agreements

  14. Landrum-Griffin • Secret elections • Union members bill of rights • Bar members of Communist Party and convicted felons • Required submission of annual financial reports to DOL • Declare officers as fiduciary • Limit the power of unions for trusteeship • Establish standards as prerequisite for disciplinary action

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