1200 words MINIMUM (not including cover/reference pages or questions)
Requirement is at least four scholarly articles, ONE maybe the course textbook BELOW
Textbook(s)
Budd, J. W. (2021). Labor relations: Striking a balance (6th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
UNIT2 Complete
1.
A.) The AFL, IWW, and CIO were all created out of frustration with the existing dominant form of unionism at the time. Explain. What does this imply about the future of U.S. unionism?
B.) A prominent scholar asserts that “Wagner’s Act was intended to have workers stand before their employers as adult persons with rights, not as powerless children or servants dependent on the will and interests of their employers.” Explain this assertion. Also, do you agree that the NLRA is needed to achieve this? Why or why not?
C.) There is longstanding debate over “American exceptionalism”—the extent to which the low levels of support for unionization and a socialist movement make the United States unique among industrialized, democratic countries. There might also be a management side: American management has been exceptionally antiunion compared to managers in other countries. Why do you think this is?
D.) Employees might respond to workplace injustice in one of five ways: quitting, individual voice (such as complaining), collective voice (including forming a union), resistance (including work withdrawal such as absenteeism, reduced work effort, and work avoidance, or perhaps even sabotage), and silence. How might union strategies, managerial strategies, and the external environment shape which response an individual worker chooses? What else might affect whether workplace injustice causes an individual to support a labor union over the other options for dealing with injustice?
