In your opinion, was management's request to change the insurance carrier (plan) reasonable? Explain your reasoning. In your opinion, was it reasonable for employees to oppose the new insurance plan because they perceived the prescription drug benefit would shift substantial new cost to them compared to the existing (old) plan? Explain your reasoning. Is it the union's job to represent the views of the majority of its members to management or try to change union member's views to be consistent with management's preferred business strategy? Does the employer have a legal right to implement the change to a new insurance carrier (a medical insurance plan) in this case without bargaining with the union? Why or why not?

In response to illegal or unethical behaviors of local union officials, the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 allows:   Union members to immediately decertify the union   National unions to take over and replace elected local officials with an appointed trustee   The NLRB to run an immediate election of new union officials   Employers to step in on behalf of their workers and take over the union

Reflecting on this question: "If unions are to survive, what must they do to attract and retain members?"

do worker's unions exist for workers in the financial services sector and what are they doing to combat the level of stress in the sector? if they do exist why are their methods and policies to protect the members of their union from the causes of the stress at work not effective?

Why does Freeman use so many union workers? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using union workers for Freeman? Describe how managing a project such as a trade show would be different if Freeman did not use union workers.

What is an important difference between an economic strike and an unfair labor practice strike? 1. Unfair labor practice strikers can only be temporarily replaced 2. Economic strikers cannot be permanently replaced 3. Economic strikers can be supported by strike funds while they are striking 4. Unfair labor practice strikes violate the NLRA

You are proceeding to arbitration under a strike off method. The union rep who will be doing the strike off asks, “Who do you like?”  What do you respond and why?

Why do labor unions and employees want to be able to hold the McDonald’s parent corporation liable/responsible for restaurant labor and employment practices/violations as opposed to just the local franchise owner of the given McDonald’s restaurant?

Discuss the history of labor unions and what gave rise to their creation.  Compare and contrast the balance of power between labor and management under the prescriptions of labor laws, especially considering the differences between the Labor-Management Relations Act—also known as Taft-Hartley-- (with special attention to Section 7) compared to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act----also known as the Landrum-Griffin Act.

How do I respond to this in 100 words? The organization of unions is the result of management's actions and not the union itself. While union representatives may recruit members to join the union, unions form to protect workers from the actions of management. Unions are led by workers and help protect the shared interests of the workers (Greene, 2023). They can help improve working conditions, set limits on working hours, and help employees receive fair pay (Greene, 2023). Employees would not feel the need to join a union or help organize a union if the employer already offered decent working conditions. Fighting an employer alone can seem like a tremendous job and even discourage an employee from speaking out against any wrongdoing. In the early days of the workforce, employee discipline was extremely harsh, with discipline involving physical assault or public humiliation (Holley et al., 2017). This created a certain level of fear in employees throughout the years. However, when an…