****** MUSOLINO Dealing With Employee-Management Issues and Issues andRelationships 12 CHAPTER
****** 2 U.S. Workers Unionized Source: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics News, January 20, 2006
****** 3 Union Involvement Why Employees Join Unions Pro-union attitudes Poor management/ employee relations Negative organizational climate Poor work conditions Union’s reputation Job security Why Employees Don’t Join Unions Anti-union attitude Good management/ labor relations Positive organizational climate Good work conditions Union’s reputation Peer pressure
****** 4 History of Labor Unions ► Craft Union Organized ► Knights of Labor ► AFL Organized Industrial unions ► CIO Organized ► AFL/CIO
****** 5 Legislation & Collective Bargaining ► Norris-La Guardia Act ► National Labor Relations Act ► Fair Labor Standards Act ► Labor-Management Relations Act ► Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
****** Union Membership by Industry Source: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics News, January 20, 2006
****** 7 Objectives of Organized Labor ► 1970s- Pay/Benefits ► 1980s- Job Security & Union Recognition ► 1990s-2000s- Job Security/ Global Competition
****** 8 Organized Labor Issues ► Union Security Clauses ► Closed Shop ► Union Shop ► Agency Shop ► Right-To-Work Laws & Open Shop
****** 9 Grievance Resolution Process
****** 10 Mediation/Arbitration ► Bargaining Zone ► Mediation/Mediator- suggestions ► Arbitration- binding decision
****** 11 Union Tactics ► Strike ► Cooling-off Period ► Boycott Primary Secondary
****** 12 Management Tactics ► Lockouts ► Injunction ► Strikebreakers
****** 13 Most Unionized States Source: Source: Investor’s Business Daily, January 24, 2006
****** 14 Least Unionized States Source: I Source: Investor’s Business Daily, January 24, 2006
****** 15 Controversial Employee - Management Issues ► Executive Compensation ► Pay Equity ► Sexual Harassment ► Child Care ► Elder Care ► Drug Testing ► Violence in Workplace
****** 16 Executive $ ► In 2005, CEOs of 500 biggest companies received an aggregate 6% pay raise. ► Average paycheck in 2005: $10.9 million ► Top 3 earners in 2005: Richard Fairbanks, Capital One Financial, $249.3 million Terry Semel, Yahoo!, $231 million Henry Silverman, Cendant, $140 million Source: Forbes, April 20, 2006
****** 17 CEO Pensions CEO Company Name Pension Value Lee R. Raymond Exxon Mobil Corp. $8.1M Henry A. McKinnell Pfizer Inc. $6.5M Edward E. Whitacre Jr. AT&T Inc. $5.4M William W. McGuire UnitedHealth Group Inc. $5.0M Robert L. Nardelli Home Depot Inc. $4.6M Source:
****** 18 Equal Pay Act Based On… ► Skill ► Effort ► Responsibility ► Working Conditions ► Establishment
****** 19 Earnings Gap (What women of various races earn, compared with a dollar earned by a white male) Source: Source: Business Week, June 7, 2004
****** 20 Sexual Harassment Charges Source: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Stats
****** 21 You Make the Call 1. Two colleagues walk by you as one delivers the punch line to a very dirty joke. You feel the joke is inappropriate. Is this sexual harassment under the law? 2. An employee meets with you and tells you that, five years ago, a then-supervisor was sexually harassing him. What do you do? 3. An employee thinks she may have been sexually harassed. She explains the circumstances to you and asks, “Wouldn’t you be upset?” What should be your response?
****** 22 You Make the Call 4. You’re investigating a sexual harassment claim, and all five of the witnesses you’ve interviewed so far have backed up the claim of sexual harassment. Should you continue to interview others? 5. After conducting a thorough investigation, you conclude that sexual harassment has not taken place. What’s next?
****** 23 Amount Injured Per Every 1000 Workers Source: Crimeprevention.rutgers.edu