Final Written Assignment 3
Instructions
Requirements include,
Cover Page with Name, Date, and Title of Assignment
Use headings to separate the sections of the paper (use the
Questions selected)
Page numbers
Double-spacing
Times New Roman, size 12
Use a minimum of four sources (from the past four years) for
each response
In-text citations in APA style
Reference page using APA style
Select any four of these six topics for your Final Written
Assignment and address each question comprehensively:
It has been said that “a company that deserves a union
gets one,” suggesting that if proper leadership and motivation techniques
are employed and desirable policies devised, the workers will not want to
unionize. Either agree or disagree with this philosophy. Support your position
and explain what a company could do to create an environment where workers will
not want to unionize. ?
Some means of resolving negotiations impasses involve
economic weapons (e.g. strikes and lockouts). There are other means of impasse
resolution that do not involve the use of economic weapons (e.g. fact finding,
mediation, med/arb/interest arb, etc.). Select two (2) non- economic means of
impasse resolution, 1) explain how each one functions and 2) discuss the
relative pros and cons of each.
Unions have declined as a percentage of the workforce in the
private sector. With this decline, have career and workplace dissatisfaction
and alienation increased? If so, why is this so? If not, why not? Support your
position.
List and discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages in
using seniority as a factor to determine shift preference or overtime
assignments.
Identify two different steps a company should take to
prepare for its first round of bargaining with the union pre-negotiation activities.
Explain why each of the steps you have identified is critical to achieving an
initial successful collective bargaining agreement with the union.
Identify and explain the major ways in which the government
is an important participant in the labor relations.





