Essays on Unfair Labor

Abstract:

Strikes are one of the ways in which conflicts between employers and employees become known. Although they are rare, the effects of strikes are usually major and can affect the involved parties and public for a long time. Usually, strikes are usually a last resort measure when trying to solve conflicts and are considered the most damaging to employers. Employers will therefore try to avoid strikes as much as possible opting for alternative conflict resolution measures that are less damaging to their interests such as mediation and conciliation (Gennard, Judge, Tony, & Richard, 2016). This paper will discuss conflicts in ...

What is the significance of the RLA and the Norris-Laguardia Act and how do they modify the NLRA?

The right of the employees in the industry of railroad (in terms of collective organization and bargain through representatives, chosen by them), was guaranteed by the Railway Labor Act of 1926 (RLA). The major limitation of the law was the fact of its application to the railway labor only. In 1964, the extension of this law has taken its place to the individuals, employed in the sector of the air transportation. In 1932, the contacts between the employees and workers were outlawed by the Norris-LaGuardia Act. The core purpose of this act was to prevent the exercise of rights ...

Human Resource Management

Rights of Workers and the Consequences of Unfair Labor Practices The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was enacted in 1935 by the Congress to protect the rights of both employers and employees, to encourage collective bargaining and prevent unfair labor practices that may harm the welfare of workers and the country’s economy (National Labor Relation Board, 2016). The NLRA assures employees of the private sector the rights of being able to organize into trade unions, participate in collective bargaining to champion for better conditions at work and better terms, and take collective action (strike) when necessary. Under the ...

1.Explain the role of unions in today’s workplace. With the Passing of national Labor Relations Act, unions have been in existence from 1935.The main role of a union is to safe guard the rights of the employees. They secure and improve the working conditions of the employees. They play an important role to check the unfair practices on the employees by the power of management .They represent collectively to get fair treatment, equality and, economic security for the employees. They help the workers to get their benefits and also help the management to solve workplace problems. Other key ...

Since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was constituted, it has been accused on numerous occasions of pro-management and pro-union activities and possible bias when enforcing the National Labor Relations Act. The result has been a massive scrutiny and investigation by the labor management and the Senate. There has been extensive and incriminating evidence of the controversial conduct of the NLRB from testimonies that have been collected from the spokesmen of organized labor which have been submitted to congressional subcommittees and also through the statements that have been made labor representatives at numerous conventions (DeLorme & Wood 1978). My opinion ...

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

The NLRB is a government agency with two major responsibilities which include conducting elections for the labor unions representation and conducting investigations and remedying unfair labor practices in the country. The body ensures the protection of the employees' rights by the employers through justice to the employees and also protecting and promoting the collective bargaining power through labor unions. The body was formed in 1935 at the heights of US industrialization where labor unions formed to protect the rights of the employees by the employers. Its mandate was primary to reduce the unfair labor practice and to strengthen the ...

Introduction

There are many differences in the way that children are made to perform work in different parts of the ways and in different ways. Some of these works may have high difficulty level and may have high demand while the others appear to be full of hazards and even morally incorrect. There are many activities that the children need to be performed and at different levels. The definition of child labor is diverse. All the activities performed by children cannot be put under child labor and need not be put under jurisdiction for purposes of elimination (What is child ...