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Suppose you are the HR manager for a chain of clothing stores. You learn that union representatives have been encouraging the stores' employees to sign authorization cards.
1. What events can follow in this process of organizing? Elaborate the process.
2. Suggest some ways that you might respond in your role as HR manger.
Answer the following questions about labor relations
1. Understand the characteristics of craft union and industrial union. Read the chapter to know the differences between them.
2. Understand AFL-CIO.
3. Understand factors associated with the decline in union membership in the U.S.
4. Explain the impact of unions on company performance.
5. Understand the terms like checkoff provision, closed ship, union shop, agency shop, maintenance provision, and right-to-work laws.
6. Understand unfair labor practices by employers.
7. Understand the basic ideas (not detailed information) of laws affecting labor relations: NLRA, Taft-Hartley Act, and Landrum-Griffin Act.
8. Describe the role of NLRB.
9. In regards to union strategies, describe associate union membership and corporate campaigns.
10. Regarding alternatives to work stoppages, distinguish among mediation, arbitration, and fact finder.
11. Describe grievance procedure.