Unions In The Workplace: A Case Study

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Then I’d like to talk about the management cost and difficulty. Organization’s management always seek flexibility so that they could best adapt to ever-changing markets, competitors and customers. However, the union’s intervention always affect management strategy and method. “Some people in society today would claim that the negative image of union workers as less productive and demanding of greater rewards in valid and has caused many American employers to lose jobs or even close their operations. Yet others may also contend that unions today are simply “out of touch” or “not relevant” in today’s global economy.” (Carrell & Heavrin, 2010) I have to admit the contribution that unions made for employees. But we also should admit a fact that…show more content…
The influence of strike is so close to everyone. Even we are not those workers on the strike, but we are the ones to be affected. From customers' perspective, we should realize that our life are consisted of the work from all fields, all of us are customers. For example, transportation is an everyday need for most of us. Public transportation is so popular for us that we may take it to go to work or school on daily routine. Strike in one field can result in such big conflicts and social unrest. How about strikes in different fields happen together? It's really hard to imagine the result and it is worth thinking about. As we discussed before, they are ways to negotiate and both sides could cooperate to reach an agreement. So it is a sad state of affairs when there is a strike without negotiation, at least as far as I am concerned. If unions' power is much more than necessary, it might cause some unexpected negative effects. Strike is actually a risky way to ask for more benefits. If successful, workers will get what they want. If failing, workers will lose more, even their jobs. Therefore, I totally agree with the idea that the peaceful third-party intervention could provide escalating pressure to resolve the impasse in public sector’s collective

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