1.Wages & fringe benefits 2.Working conditions 3.Job security 4.Union security 5.Grievance procedures

Wages and Fringe Benefits COLA – cost of living Fringe: nonwage payments, paid sick days, vacation days, health insurance

Fringe benefits: ESOPs – employee stock ownership plans

Job Security Seniority: privileges based on number of years you have worked in the firm Job security based on seniority

Union Security Workers have the right to organize or join a union National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) – 30% of employees

1.Collective Bargaining 2.Mediation 3.Arbitration

Union members speak for all members Union and management representatives meet to discuss their goals and offer solutions and compromises

Labor and management cannot come to agreement Third party = mediator Private citizens or Gov

Assistance of a negotiator Arbitrator’s decision is legally binding

Informs public that a strike is in progress Arouse public support Discourage nonstrikers from entering the plant

Primary Boycott: organized effort to stop purchases of a firm’s products Secondary Boycott: refusal to buy the goods or services of any firm that does business with the striking company

Picketing and boycotts

1.Replacement workers 2.Lockout 3.Injunctions: court order to prohibit the dispatchers from striking