Defining Labor Conflicts

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses labor conflicts, particularly in the form of strikes. It looks at the reasons why workers may decide to strike and the effects of their strike on the company. The paper then presents a hypothetical labor conflict and analyzes the elements of the case in order to show the different angles that can play out in a labor conflict, from the perspective of the worker and the employer.

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Hypothetical Labor Conflict
Analysis

From the Paper:

"Both parties were advancing different interests to protect and secure their future. The workers were trying to fight for increased living standards and a more comfortable way of life. In contrast, the company was trying to secure its future financial standing. It is also every company's purpose to profit from their businesses, and profits are always aimed to go up as this would increase a company's stock price and access to low interest financing. No company would give away its earnings to its workers. Moreover, a company's future viability would also be advantageous to its workers as this would guarantee that the company would not go into bankruptcy thereby guaranteeing that they would enjoy their retirement and pension packages. There are also three other major interests that were at play here, the interest of the riding public, other businesses and the city. The mayor's intervention was in response to the ill effects that the strike caused to the city, public and other businesses. Although the mayor acted rather late, he still managed to influence both sides to compromise in the end."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Strike Action. (2006. April 21). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_strike
• http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=vn5hqltl8jk1?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=United+Food+and+Commercial+Workers&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b&linktext=California%20grocery%20workers%20strike%202003-2004

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