The 1997 UPS Strike
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This 10 page paper discusses the UPS strike in August 1997. The writer discusses the issues, the strategy used by the union, the outcome, the lessons gained from this strike and why the American public supported this strike. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGupssrk.rtf

The American Labor Movement
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(5 pp) The history of the American Labor Movement seems to be one of action and then reaction The second attempt at unionizing workers was called The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, it began inauspiciously in 1869 as a secret society, with a private ritual, passwords, and a grip. Secrecy, which continued until 1881, would forestall possible reprisals by employers. The Knights excluded only liquor dealers, p rofessional gamblers, lawyers,bankers, and stockbrokers, and sang the song: Hurrah, hurrah, for labor, it is mustering all its powers, And shall march along to victory with the banner of eight hours. Times have moved from stressing the rights of the American worker to stressing the rights of the American working family. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BBlaborM.doc

The American Labor Union: Radical Changes for the Future?
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A 6 page overview of the problems confronting labor unions. The author reviews the reasons for these problems and considers the suggestions of Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), who is calling for a move away from the antiquated labor unions of yesterday and toward more effective mega unions of the day. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPunion2.rtf

The Art of Negotiation
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A 10 page research paper which examines how the eight principles of successful negotiation as outlined by Fisher and Ury in their book Getting to YES: negotiating agreement without giving in (1991) could be applied to a hypothetical business scenario. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Negoart.wps

The Baseball Strike of 1994
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This 5 page report discusses the Major League Baseball strike of 1994 in the context of labor and management negotiations and the advice offered in the 1981 book “Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving in” by Roger Fisher and William Ury. Had the players’ association and the owners been willing to seriously consider and apply the principles presented in Fisher and Ury’s 1981 book, “Getting to Yes,” the publicly-aired negativity could have been lessened, the resentment might have been contained, and an equitable agreement might have been reached without the negation of an entire baseball season. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWstrk94.rtf

The Biases of Labor Organizations
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An 8 page overview of national labor organizations and the effect of the political environment on these organizations. Suggests that it is impossible to form an unbiased national labor organization given the varying political arena across the United States and the varying interests of those genders, races, and ethnicities which make up the membership of these organizations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Laborg.wps

The Causes of Inequality in the Workplace
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This 10 page paper looks at whether inequalities and discrimination in the work place 'just happen' or have root causes. The paper argues the root cause can be seen as the prevalence of open and covert racism in both social and institutional forms. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEdiscrm.wps

The Color of Green - Changing the Wave of American Immigration
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A 5 page paper that argues the fact that recent attempts by the U.S. government to stem the wave of illegal immigration have proved to be futile and that the time has come to take a different approach to this growing problem. This paper focuses on the fact that the American nation was built on the concept of immigration and stresses the fact that employers who import and exploit illegal workers should absorb the full impact of government measures taken to rectify this situation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: LCGreen.doc

The Development of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in the United States
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the development of labor relations and collective bargaining in the United States. Collective bargaining was made possible by progressive labor relation acts which were passed beginning in the 1930s. These acts allowed for employees to bargain with their employers in regards to work conditions, job security and discrimination issues without fear of persecution by the employer, previously unheard of. With the development of the National Labor Relations Act (1935), the Taft-Hartley Act (1947), and the Landrum-Griffin Act (1959), employees were given more and more legislated support in regards to negotiations and employee rights in addition to seeing a large increase in the number of labor unions formed. After a slight downturn in the economy in the 1970s, management and the federal government were interested in an increase in employee participation in increased production and ideas in order to compete on a national and global scale. The Collective Bargaining Forum was formed in 1984 to allow unions and management to formulate guidelines which would facilitate the collective bargaining processes for the betterment of the companies overall through cooperation between the two groups. Collective bargaining was well maintained for several decades before the recent development of more aggressive negotiations which have resulted in unions threatening strikes during negotiations while management has returned with threats of replacement workers and plant closings. Critics believe that in order to overcome another downturn in the economy and the loss of the momentum of competition, the cooperative spirit which founded the initial collective bargaining agreements must be rediscovered for the betterment of all concerned. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TJLaRel1.rtf

The Differential Strike Patterns of Korea and France
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Sonn (1997) calls Korea a late bloomer in the area of labour strikes, so it is particularly interesting that Korea labour is beginning to join the capitalist based globalisation movement to adopt flexible modern strike models, when France, the originator of the revolution, the striking of labour against the central government for better working conditions and better pay has also only recently moved in this direction. Most countries, belatedly France and Korea, have modernized their outdated labour laws. Yet, Korea is just beginning to experience what France has practiced since the 1700s, the recognition of and cooperation inherent among a working class. Until the last decade, both North and South Korea had been corporatist. Therefore, their labour patterns are undergoing the biggest, and quickest changes in the modern world. 7 references. jvKorFra.rtf
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