Unions in a Global Environment

[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 5]

In this assignment, you will examine a scenario and discuss the union organizing process and the rights and responsibilities of employees as well as the advantages of unionization.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

Read Labor Unions: 4 Transformation Triggers and How to Ease Them.

Consider reviewing Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 of the textbook.

Scenario: 

You are a worker in a fast-growing, large, non-union manufacturing organization. You notice persistent systematic labor violations in the plant. The company has multiple locations in the United States and plants in China and France. People are complaining about the working conditions and wages. A group of your fellow workers are talking about the need to fight back. There seems to be a willingness to organize. You have decided to seek the help of a union.

In your paper,

Describe the union organizing process.

• Identify the union you would choose in this scenario to help you organize, and explain why.

Describe the responsibilities of the workers during the unionization process.

Describe what the unions can do to help workers.

Explain what management can legally say and do when they learn an organization movement is in progress.

• Explain why the global nature of the business does or does not influence the organization and bargaining process.