1. Nickels
Cover
Nickels
McHugh

2. Dealing With Employee-Management Issues and Relationships
Chapter
Dealing With Employee-Management Issues and Relationships 12
1-2

3. Workers Unionized
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

4. Poor management/ employee relations Negative organizational climate
Why Employees
Join Unions
Why Employees
Don’t Join Unions
Pro-union attitudes
Poor management/ employee relations
Negative organizational climate
Poor work conditions
Union’s reputation
Job security
Anti-union attitude
Good management/ labor relations
Positive organizational climate
Good work conditions
Union’s reputation
Peer pressure

5. History of Labor Unions
Local Craft Unions Organized 1792
Knights of Labor 1869 Uriah Smith Stephens
AFL Organized 1886 Samuel Gompers
CIO Organized 1935 John Lewis
AFL/CIO George Meaney 66 Labor Unions/ 13M Members

6. Legislation & Collective Bargaining
P 367
Legislation & Collective Bargaining
Norris-La Guardia Act Illegal Yellow Dog Contracts
National Labor Relations Act 1935 (Wagner Act)
- Collective Bargaining
- National Labor Relations Board
- Certification vs. Decertification

7. Factors That Affect the Collective Bargaining Process
Public Sentiment
Labor Law
State of Economy
Union Rep.
Mgmt.Rep.
Bargaining Topic
Goals of Bargaining Parties
Issues Being Discussed
Precedents in Bargaining

8. % Union Membership by Industry (2002)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

9. Objectives of Organized Labor
1970s- Pay/Benefits
1980s- Job Security & Union Recognition
1990s- Job Security/ Global Competition

10. International Union Membership
Sweden 84%
Italy 47%
United Kingdom 21%
Germany 33%
Canada 33%
Japan 26%
U.S %
France 11%

11. Organized Labor Issues
369
Organized Labor Issues
Union Security Clauses - Agency Shop Must Either Join or Pay Dues
Closed Shop Taft Hartley Act Made Illegal
Union Shop Must Join Eventually
Right-To-Work Laws & Open Shop 22 States Don’t have to join a union Taft Hartley Act (p. 371)

12. Grievance Resolution Process

13. Mediation/Arbitration
Bargaining Zone
Mediation/Mediator- suggestions
Arbitration- binding decision

14. Union Tactics Strike Sickouts (blue flu) Boycott
Primary members/public not to buy from business
Secondary Don’t shop at store carrying goods of primary boycott business p. 375

15. Management Tactics Lockouts Injunction
367
Management Tactics
Lockouts
San Francisco Hotel Lockout
Injunction
Strikebreakers (scabs) West Coast Port Strike 2002

16. Employee-Management Issues of Future
Givebacks
Broader Representation
Executive p. 320 Compensation
Comparable Worth p. 380
Sexual Harrassment
Child Care
Elder Care
Aids/Drug Testing, Violence in Workplace
Employee Stock Ownership Plans(ESOPs) p. 387

17. Does The Pay Match The Effort?
CEO
2002 Pay
Steve Jobs
(Apple Computer)
$78.1M
David Cote
(Honeywell)
$68.6M
John Chambers
(Cisco Systems)
$54.8M
Scott McNealy
(Sun)
$31.7M
Pat Russo
(Lucent Technologies)
$38.2 M
Source: Fortune, April 28, 2002, pg. 58.
H. Scott Lee Jr. WMT
Ken Lay Enron
Bill Gates
LINK>> AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE PAY WATCH

18. Does It Pay to be CEO of a Nonprofit?
Name
Institution
Title
Salary
Thomas Lofton
Lilly Endowment
Chairman
$775,000
Joseph Volpe
Metropolitan Opera
Gen. Man.
$725,000
Ralph Feigin
Baylor College of Medicine
President
$715,000
Judith Rodin
Univ. of Pennsylvania
$690,400
Susan Berresford
Ford Foundation
$616,000
Source: BusinessWeek, December 2, 2002

19. Skyrocketing Executive Pay over last 14 years
Percentage Gains ( )
Skyrocketing Executive Pay over last 14 years
Source: Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy

20. CEO Pensions & Years Worked to Earn Them
Years Served
Pension Value
Dick Brown
(EDS) 4
$19.6M
Mike Armstrong
(AT&T) 5
$17.4M
Gary Wendt
(Conseco) 2
$17.3M
Stephen Wolf
(US Air) 6
$15.0M
Leo Mullin
(Delta)
$11.5M
Source: Fortune, April 28, 2003, pg. 70.

21. Women’s Earnings as % of Men’s by Age
Source: Business Week, February 24, 2003.

22. Types of Sexual Harassment
Gender Harassment
Seductive Behavior
Sexual Bribery
Sexual Coercion
Sexual Imposition
Link >> U. S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC)

23. You Make the Call
Two colleagues walk by you as one delivers the punch line to a very dirty joke. You feel the joke is inappropriate. Is this sexual harassment under the law?
An employee meets with you and tells you that, five years ago, a then-supervisor was sexually harassing him. What do you do?
An employee thinks she may have been sexually harassed. She explains the circumstances to you and asks, “Wouldn’t you be upset?” What should be your response?

24. You Make the Call (cont’d)
You’re investigating a sexual harassment claim, and all five of the witnesses you’ve interviewed so far have backed up the claim of sexual harassment. Should you continue to interview others?
After conducting a thorough investigation, you conclude that sexual harassment has not taken place. What’s next?

25. Percentage of Workers with Aging Relatives

26. Major Types of Workplace Violence Link >> Workplace Violence 92-96