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

2. 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

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

4. 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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. 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