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Complete attached assignment using the attached background material and any credible resources. 350 words; APA format
Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post, support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or Web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Bring in your own personal experiences, if applicable.
1. Assume that senior management has just learned that there is a union organizing effort going on. This is the second time in four years that the hourly employees have tried to unionize. As an HR manager in this union-free company with 500 plant (hourly) employees located in a large industrial city, what actions would you recommend to senior management to remain union-free? Why?
2. Assume there has been a discussion about using an employee participation program (EPP) in the workplace. What is your opinion of using an EPP? Why?
3. What are the advantages of an EPP?
4. What are the disadvantages of an EPP?
Be sure to consider anti-union prohibitions under the National Labor Relations Act and other pertinent legislation.
Module 4 – Background
Labor Relations Laws
Required Reading
Blumner, N. (1998). The role of cooperative structures in workplace transformation. Cornell University. Retrieved from
http://www.mildredwarner.org/gov-restructuring/special-projects/cooperative.
Employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/EmployeeRightsPoster11x17_Final
Gray, G., Myers, D., and Myers, P. (1999). Cooperative provisions in labor agreements: a new paradigm? Monthly Labor Review, 29-45. Retrieved from
https://www.bls.gov/mlr/1999/01/art4full
Katz, H. C., Kochan, T. A., & Colvin, A. J. S. (2017). An introduction to U. S. collective bargaining and labor relations. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. See module backgrounds for specific pages to read. Retrieved from Skillsoft Books in the Trident Online Library.
Korshak, S. (2001). Good union relationships are best. Workforce. Retrieved from
https://www.workforce.com/2001/01/26/good-union-relationships-are-best/
Sultan, M. (2012) Managing Grievance Process (slideshow). Retrieved from
U.S. Department of Labor. (2017). Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, As Amended. Retrieved from
https://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/compllmrda.htm
WatchMojo.com (2014). Top 10 labor strikes in U.S. history. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgd7_K5pCCU.
Optional Reading
Devinatz, V. G. (2013). The crisis of U.S. trade unionism and what needs to be done. Labor Law Journal, 64(1), 5-19. Retrieved from ProQuest in the Trident Online Library.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. (n.d.) What is grievance mediation? Retrieved from
https://www.fmcs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/146-Grievance
Ji, M. (2016). Revolution or Reform? Union-Worker Cooperative Relations in the United States and Korea. Labor Studies Journal, 41(4), 355–366. Available in the Trident Online Library.
National Labor Relations Board. (n.d.) 1947 Taft-Hartley substantive provisions. Retrieved from
https://www.nlrb.gov/who-we-are/our-history/1947-taft-hartley-substantive-provisions
National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB Process. Retrieved from
https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/nlrb-process