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Papers On Labor Studies
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The American Labor Movement
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(5 pp) The history of the American Labor Movement
seems to be one of action and then reaction The
second attempt at unionizing workers was called The
Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, it
began inauspiciously in 1869 as a secret society,
with a private ritual, passwords, and a grip.
Secrecy, which continued until 1881, would
forestall possible reprisals by employers.
The Knights excluded only liquor dealers, p
rofessional gamblers, lawyers,bankers, and
stockbrokers, and sang the song: Hurrah, hurrah,
for labor, it is mustering all its powers, And
shall march along to victory with the banner of
eight hours. Times have moved from stressing the
rights of the American worker to stressing the
rights of the American working family.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBlaborM.doc
The Art of Negotiation
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A 10 page research paper which examines how the eight principles of successful negotiation as outlined by Fisher and Ury in their book Getting to YES: negotiating agreement without giving in (1991) could be applied to a hypothetical business scenario. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Negoart.wps
The Baseball Strike of 1994
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This 5 page report discusses the
Major League Baseball strike of 1994 in the context of labor and
management negotiations and the advice offered in the 1981 book
“Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving in” by
Roger Fisher and William Ury. Had the players’ association and
the owners been willing to seriously consider and apply the
principles presented in Fisher and Ury’s 1981 book, “Getting to
Yes,” the publicly-aired negativity could have been lessened, the
resentment might have been contained, and an equitable agreement
might have been reached without the negation of an entire
baseball season. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWstrk94.rtf
The Biases of Labor Organizations
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An 8 page overview of national labor organizations and the effect of the political environment on these organizations. Suggests that it is impossible to form an unbiased national labor organization given the varying political arena across the United States and the varying interests of those genders, races, and ethnicities which make up the membership of these organizations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Laborg.wps
The Causes of Inequality in the Workplace
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This 10 page paper looks at whether inequalities and discrimination in the work place 'just happen' or have root causes. The paper argues the root cause can be seen as the prevalence of open and covert racism in both social and institutional forms. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEdiscrm.wps
The Color of Green - Changing the Wave of American Immigration
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A 5 page paper that argues the fact that recent attempts by the U.S. government to stem the wave of illegal immigration have proved to be futile and that the time has come to take a different approach to this growing problem. This paper focuses on the fact that the American nation was built on the concept of immigration and stresses the fact that employers who import and exploit illegal workers should absorb the full impact of government measures taken to rectify this situation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: LCGreen.doc
The Development of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in the United States
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the development of labor relations and collective bargaining in the United States. Collective bargaining was made possible by progressive labor relation acts which were passed beginning in the 1930s. These acts allowed for employees to bargain with their employers in regards to work conditions, job security and discrimination issues without fear of persecution by the employer, previously unheard of. With the development of the National Labor Relations Act (1935), the Taft-Hartley Act (1947), and the Landrum-Griffin Act (1959), employees were given more and more legislated support in regards to negotiations and employee rights in addition to seeing a large increase in the number of labor unions formed. After a slight downturn in the economy in the 1970s, management and the federal government were interested in an increase in employee participation in increased production and ideas in order to compete on a national and global scale. The Collective Bargaining Forum was formed in 1984 to allow unions and management to formulate guidelines which would facilitate the collective bargaining processes for the betterment of the companies overall through cooperation between the two groups. Collective bargaining was well maintained for several decades before the recent development of more aggressive negotiations which have resulted in unions threatening strikes during negotiations while management has returned with threats of replacement workers and plant closings. Critics believe that in order to overcome another downturn in the economy and the loss of the momentum of competition, the cooperative spirit which founded the initial collective bargaining agreements must be rediscovered for the betterment of all concerned.
Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TJLaRel1.rtf
The Free British Fishery Society
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This 5 page report discusses
the British movement in the mid-18th century to form the Free
British Fishery Society in order to reclaim deep-sea herring
supremacy from the Dutch. The entire process presents people of
the 21st century an opportunity to see how the patriotism,
commerce, and politics of the United Kingdom worked in the 18th
century. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: BW18thUK.wps
The History of Collective Bargaining
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This 5 page report
explains that collective bargaining is when one group argues for
its rights, needs, or demands from another group. It most often
refers to the workplace and labor relations, negotiations between
employers and employees (who are usually represented by a labor
union) about terms and conditions of employment. A brief history
of collective bargaining in the United States is presented.
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Filename: BWcolhis.rtf
The Impact of Globalization on Labor Unions: The Need for Globalized Labor Unions
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An 11 page discussion of the impacts of globalization on labor unions. Notes that as other countries advance technologically, there is a corresponding shift in union employment to further complicate the impacts to labor unions a variety of laws such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) supports multinational corporations with the elimination of excessive and taxes on exports. Consequently, U.S. unions are in danger of collapse as more and more businesses move to low income countries to take advantage of cheap labor. At the same time many of the workers in the third world countries to which big business is moving find themselves at the mercy of inadequate wages and working conditions. There are no unions to represent these people. Global unionization, the merger of unions across national borders, is the only solution to the impacts of globalization on the workplace. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PPglblUn.wps
The Importance Of First-Year Union Membership
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19 pages in length. Union representation within the workforce is not as prominent as it once was; with a mere 13.5% of all 16.3 million American workers part of a union, the student might readily surmise that union affiliation – and the benefits that inherently accompany membership – is not being utilized to its fullest potential when it comes to the working population. Most prominent to whether or not union representation is beneficial for a particular trade or profession is the first-year membership; by immersing oneself into the multi-tiered union environment, workers are able to gain a significantly better understanding of just how instrumental union representation can be to future union involvement and membership satisfaction. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: TLC1stUn.rtf
