Question

Write initial post needs to be a minimum of 250 words.

• What was the most interesting topic from this module, something you want to know more about?
• Was there anything in the module that left you with specific questions you feel work not answered by the material?
• Was there something in the module that you felt was misrepresented or that runs counter to your personal experience with either business or unions?

Modules Topic

Outline of Key Contents � Why unions remain insecure as institutions and what they have and haven’t been able to do about this insecurity �

Right-to-work laws and why unions don’t like them �

How the dues checkoff arrangement works in practice and why most employers and unions haven’t made it a crucial point of controversy �

Obligations that labor contracts impose on unions �

Why employers often want “management rights” clauses and why some people think that such clauses aren’t necessary �

The two quite different theories of management rights: residual and trusteeship �

Why, although common in some other countries, codetermination has been very rare in the United States, and why this latter situation may finally be changing �

Why unions have historically resisted both employee stock ownership plans and quality of work life programs and why these stances, too, may at last be changing

Answer 1

The most interesting topic from this module which catched my attention was about " Why employers often want “management rights” clauses and why some people think that such clauses aren’t necessary ". This particular topic in the module was debatable and I found the benefits reflected associated with decision making very satisfying and reasonable. I would further like to know more about the topic to understand why most of times employers are detained from participating in management and why it is considered as unfavourable or dominating for employer. I really think that if managed well, employees participation I management can also prove very beneficial for employer as it will act as a source of motivation and increased morale among them.

Yes there are some specific questions which i feel were not answered by the material. I want to increase my understanding about why employers feel that involving employees in decision making or voting will result in employees abusing the management rights because employees have to follow and act under the obligations that labor contracts impose on unions to make bargaining process mutually beneficial, then why do management consider employees participation in decision making as a threat.

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The information and facts provided in the "Right to work" Part of module was what I find running counter to my personal experience with business. I dint think that unions usually don't like 'the right to work laws' as long as the working terms and conditions are good and not exploitative, unhealthy, unfair or life threatening. I think this part of module presented generic facts to support the statement that unions usually don’t like Right to work laws while in my experience right to work laws are found reasonable and genuine by unions as they know that union security will result in their domination over employer which will never to acceptable among them. They understand bargaining needs to be mutually agreeable on part of both parties.

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