Instructor: Çağrı Topal BA 2204 and BAS 324 Human Resource Management Unions and labor relations Instructor: Çağrı Topal

Why employees join unions Employees are dissatisfied with their job Employees feel a lack of influence or power Employees see unionization as a solution to their problems

Unions/labor relations in the US Business unionism Unions structured by type of job Collective bargaining Labor contracts Adversarial labor-management relations

Unions/labor relations in Germany Industrial democracy Plant-level involvement of workers through work councils Corporate-level involvement of workers through representatives on boards of directors

Unions/labor relations in Japan Cooperation between unions and management Enterprise unionism Lifelong employment

Labor relations strategy Acceptance strategy Cooperation with unions Avoidance strategy Union substitution Union suppression

Labor relations process-1 Union organizing Union solicitation Pre-election or preauthorization conduct Certification election or authorization

Labor relations process-2 Collective bargaining Bargaining behavior Bargaining power Distributive bargaining Integrative bargaining Bargaining topics Impasses in bargaining

Labor relations process-3 Contract administration Grievance procedures Employee complaint, and union stewards and supervisors involved Department or plant managers and union officials involved Corporate managers and local or national union representatives involved Arbitration

Union impact-staffing Unionized Job opportunities for seniority Layoff on seniority Work rules less flexible Non-unionized Job opportunities for merit Layoff on seniority and merit Work rules more flexible

Union impact-employee development Unionized Performance evaluations rarely used Longer employment Non-unionized Performance evaluations widely used Shorter employment

Union impact-compensation Unionized Higher wages Pay raises on inflation and market Group incentives More valuable benefits and retirement More awareness of legal rights Non-unionized Lower wages Pay raises on merit Individual incentives More costly benefits and retirement Less awareness of legal rights

Union impact-employee relations Unionized More empowered employees Grievance procedures and union representatives Non-unionized Less empowered employees Open-door programs, and legal courts and counsels