Being unfunded, the Act would force the government to reduce services or increase taxes (Sherk). Unions Put Companies at a Competitive Disadvantage - Unionized workers earn roughly 15% more than non-unionized workers at the average (Hassett 2001)
Defensive medicine consists of tests and services aimed at protecting physicians from possible malpractice court suits (Carlson). Strategies suggested to reduce health care costs were employer contribution methods, competition among health management organizations, managed care and a State mental health parity mandate (Stanton 2002)
Labor and Collective Bargaining Federal Government Resistance to Collective Bargaining - Supporters of the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act or HR 980 assumed that this legislation would enhance and increase cooperation between the government and its workers (Sherk 2007)
Mandatory, Permissive and Illegal Subjects of Bargaining. - Collective bargaining is a lawfully binding agreement between the union and the employer to negotiate with each other (Twarog 2005)
There was also positive impact between the size of the profit share and the extent of product market regulation (Ellis and Smith). A study compared the annualized returns from dollar-cost average strategies and lump-sum investing from 1926-1991 (Williams and Bacon 2004)
This is because the board was mainly Democrat and they took a more liberal interpretation of the law. (Greenhouse, 2004) For number of schools, this established a precedent which allowed TAs to effectively organize
If this were to take place, they may outsource critical functions to third party providers. (Olafson, 2011) The way that unionization will change residence hall life is by creating clear divisions between university officials and staff
" Which do you believe is right? Explain your answer. Both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) identify school voucher programs as a threat to public employees (Carrell & Heavrin, 2007)
With lower trade barriers, domestic producers must be competitive in order to successfully contend with producers from other markets. The end result benefits consumers in all countries and puts pressure on corporations across the globe to improve and become more viable (Mosley, 2007)
Collective bargaining is the process by which workers organize among themselves to negotiate with their employers over work conditions -- including salary, hours, benefits, etc. The result of the process of collective bargaining is almost always a written contract that covers everyone in a job class, including non-union as well as union members (Nyland, 1987, p
More characteristic is the range of the salaries of the 33 largest labor organizations in the United States, which range from $300,000-$400,000 (Sloane & Witney 2010: 170). Critics contend "salaries that are far larger for union leaders than for their members don't convey the image that their leaders are on the side of workers" (Epstein 2013)
corporations. The national union president administers the union constitution and enforces the union's official policies (Sloane & Witney 2010: 167)
Administrative protocols can have a great deal of influence in shaping the future course of the organization. For example, by defining how voting takes place at the national union convention, the union constitution can exercise considerable influence upon who is chosen to represent the organization as a whole and the homogeneity of opinion demanded of local branches (Sloane & Witney 2010:137)
The combination of these factors has outraged educators to the point that they have begun to strike several school districts (most notably: Multnomah County, Gresham-Barlow and Parkrose). (Mayer, 2012) What are the underlying causes of the dispute? The causes of this dispute are based upon the tremendous cuts that are required from educators every single year
Courts are known for not taking on labor cases when there's a union involved, because they feel that the union and management should be able to work things out. With no union around the players were free to take their case to the courts (2011 NFL Lockout, CBA Roundup: Decertification explained, 2011)
With the proposed agreement rejected and the old contract about to expire, the Superintendent of the school district sent a letter to the teachers, notifying them that the state would be implementing the terms agreed to by negotiators, referred to as the last, best, and final offer. Implementation of the last, best and final offer was legal since it is part of the collective bargaining process (Abercrombie, 2011)
For example, they may order revelation of documents and may make authoritative orders potentially resulting in the discharge of a claim in the event of failure to obey any order. They also have statutory power to award costs (Furber, 2011)
Meanwhile, roughly 400 other managers, attorneys and media affairs specialists at City Hall will take part in a secret ballot election in the coming weeks over whether to join that union. More than 30% of those workers have signed authorization cards to move ahead with organizing, but that amount is below the threshold that would have triggered automatic unionization (Lillis, 2011)
The conservative media has accused the NLRB of seeking to ban companies from moving to states with looser organized labor laws. In fact, the NLRB, which is charged with enforcing the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, is attempting to protect the Boeing employees in Washington from an alleged illegal retaliation for their decision to go on strike (Powell, 2011)
If the NLRB is successful, Boeing would have to close its new South Carolina facility and operate its second line of 787 Dreamliner aircraft assembly manufacture in the State of Washington. This case has yet to be decided by the court (Root, 2011)