Question

Why do managers at most companies prefer that unions not represent their employees? Can unions provide benefits to an employer?

2. How has union membership in the United States changed over the past few decades?

3. What legal responsibilities do employers have regarding unions? What are the legal requirements affecting unions?

Answer 1

Why do managers at most companies prefer that unions not represent their employees? Can unions provide benefits to an employer?

Unions are most powerful, they protects the employees by fighting for their rights. The manager needs to come in terms the needs of these unions. So the most of the managers in the many company prefer unions not represent their employees, The unions not actually provides the good benefits for the employer.

• The unions will accumulate the more power, which helps the employees to exploit their employer.
• The Organization might be in intense trouble, the organization starts feeling inflexible sine they have to abide the union contracts. If the union manages to negotiate the high salary of the staffs of the company, which in turn lead the company to charge more for it's service- It will cause less competitive over its rivals.
• In many situation the employee cannot progress more, Employer will have the issue to filter out the inefficient employees if they are belonging to the employee unions.
• The employees will lose the motivation
• Employers may have to face the employee strikes, If the employer do not agree with the benefits, salaries or the policies at the workplace which is requested by the union then the workers union will officially strike.It will lead to lost production
• The publicity from strike also lead to decreased sale, because of boycotting of the employers service or the goods by customer.The potential customer or the vendor may also end their business with the company, thinking that the company may not able to pay the bills or provide the goods.
• The control over the human resource reduces - employer ability to promote the employee base on their productivity and merit will reduces by the unionized workforce.

2. How has union membership in the United States changed over the past few decades?

The union membership in the united state is declined significantly over the past decade in US and is presently 15% of all the employment. This percentage is compared to the other countries very less.The reason for decrease in the union memberships are as follows

• The Global deregulation and competition in unionized industries- The federal government deregulated the Unionized companies which includes, airline industries,trucking and railroads. It brought the greater Competition in the industries not only domestically but also global level.
• The changes in the workforce demographics and economy in the US- The increasing number of the illegal immigrant employees who are scared deportation, are much less become involved in the labor union campaign. The increase in the contingent work force which involves, temporary workers, women and also part time workers are not involving in the union.
• Over the past few decades the congress has passed the number of laws and mandates designed to combat employment discrimination of different types, which developed the healthy and the safe work environment also providing the family or the medical leave. So the unions have become less necessary for the workers.

3. What legal responsibilities do employers have regarding unions? What are the legal requirements affecting unions?

The employer cannot interfere with coerce or restrain employees that are exercising their right to joining any of the labor union or the assisting any labor organization. The employer can not discriminate against the staff of the organization in any aspects that will encourage or discourage the activities of union. The employer may not discriminate against the employees for giving the testimony against the enforcement of NLRA. The employer also cannot refuse the Collective bargaining with the labor union that has standing under NLRA. There are legal requirements that used to set the limits for the union structure as well as the administration in the way in which the unions an the management interacts. The NLRA allows the employer and the labor union to enter into the union security agreements, That needs all the labors in the bargaining unit to become the union members and start paying the union fee and due within the 30 days of hiring.