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The Role of Canadian Unions and Workers, 2007.
An analysis of the roles of Canadian unions and workers in advocating for more generous benefits packages.
996 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the role of Canadian unions and workers in promoting a quality-of-work agenda. It briefly argues that Canadian workers and unions should use their knowledge of the "front-line" of the workplace to act as advocates for more generous benefits packages and greater employment flexibility for men and women seeking to "marry" work life with personal life. In particular, the paper argues that comprehensive training, appropriate "time off", ample reward for those who perform admirably in their position, a strict adherence to the health concerns of employees and recognition that being a mother demands special concessions on the part of the organization are all things which unions and workers should take up with senior management during collective bargaining.
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"One other thing which unions and workers can (and, frankly, must) do is to find ways of integrating the responsibilities of life outside of work with the inevitable time spent working on behalf of the company. For example, organization-provided day-care centers (preferably located right on the work premises) have been a recognized staple of a strong corporate commitment to employee happiness and well-being for some time now (Mastroianni, 1992) and, as more and more women enter the workforce full-time, the need to meet their concerns is a practical business matter and not just a "frill" that management can lightly ignore. Given this reality, unions and employees have an obligation to present to senior officials in any corporation the burdens under which their female members labor and how easy-to-access and safe day-care centers for their children are an excellent means of keeping productive women within the organization - as opposed to having them decide that being a 'stay-at-home' mother is more satisfactory. Furthermore, the progressive organization will also offer flexible employment packages enabling women to work from home if that is something they truly desire."
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Canadian Unions and Globalization, 2008.
This paper explores whether Canadian unions can compete in the global market.
2,229 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 69.95
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The paper discusses the need for unions to operate on a global scale if they are to protect workers against global forces. The paper shows how Canadian unions are attempting to work at a domestic and international level. The paper argues, however, that Canadian unions still have a long way to go before they can successfully compete on a global scale.
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"Unfortunately, in the main the power of Canadian trade unions is being eroded by the forces of globalization. Therefore, Cohen (2000) has pointed out that there is a need for "new international institutions designed to challenge the power of corporations and facilitate transparent and democratic intervention in relation to international trade and investment" (MacBride and Wiseman, 2000, p. 6). Moreover, in the main attempts by the labour unions to fight back against globalized forces of capitalism have been ineffective of misguided. For example, Swenarchuk (2000) points out that the proposal sponsored by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) "to include labour 'side-agreements' in international trade and investment treaties" is an inadequate response to the complex problems of a diminishing labour rights in the globalized economy."
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Canadian Unions, 2006.
A look at the current situation in the Canadian job market.
1,278 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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In this paper the author reviews the current issues surrounding the Canadian job market and how the Canadian unions can help the situation and protect their workers.The paper highlights how changing corporate trends have led to downsizing and hiring of multi skilled labor where employers demand high efficiency but are willing to pay low wages for it. In conclusion the author looks at ways in which the unions can help the changing demands of the workplace and the costs associated with it.
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"Informing a new generation of workers about the benefits of union membership is a high priority for the labor movement. When a young person starts a new job, they handed a host of benefits and they think, 'Isn't this great.' But it wasn't always that way. Labor unions feel that actions taken by cautious regulators could blow up in their faces if they force a quick resolution to a theoretical funding shortfall in multi-employer pension funds. Union infighting could well erupt over measures needed to satisfy regulatory concerns. If younger workers refuse to make sacrifices for retirees, they could torpedo the very pension plans regulators seek to protect."
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Canadian Union of Public Employees, 2005.
An overview of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), its goals and services.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The paper gives an overview of the organization and then it particularly looks at CUPEs stated goals, objectives, programs and services. It also discusses certain features such as membership composition and nature of its employees, as well as membership rolls.
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"Canadian Union of Public Employees Overview The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is Canada's largest and most well-known union by virtue of its association with the governmental apparatus of the state. CUPE's membership rolls are currently over 500,000 members and represent public employees in the fields of healthcare, education, municipalities, libraries, state universities, social services, public utilities, transportation services, emergency services and the airline industry. CUPE describes itself as a "strong and democratic union" ("Canada") and states that its mission is to improve the overall quality of life and living standard not just for its members in Canada but for all workers in Canada. CUPE has established a large collective voice of workers that regularly negotiate for improved wages, working conditions, as well as arbitrary action against employees by employers."
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The Role of Trade Unions, 2002.
Looks at the impact that economic and labor trends in the international arena have had on the role of trade unions.
1,929 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper attempts to explain some of the economic trends we have experienced in post-industrial societies by comparing and analyzing unionization and the power of collective bargaining in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
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"Overall, it can be said that union membership is the strongest among the democratic, industrialized nations of the west. Democracy and union membership in these countries can be said to be complimentary: countries such as Germany have strong worker participation both in corporate management and in the country?s legislature. Whereas the experience of unions in the 19th and early 20th century was one of adversity between industry owners who wished to maximize profits and laborers who wished to maximize their benefits, concessions to the latter group have lead them to invest in the companies they work for. This has lead in many cases to a convergence of interests between the management of a company and its work force."
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The World of the Canadian Workers- 1850-1950, 2003.
Looking at the growth and changes of the Canadian worker since immigration.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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This paper discusses the growth and changes of the Canadian worker since the wave of immigration began in the mid-Nineteenth Century to post-war Canada. It provides an overview of early immigration and the improvement of conditions of the workforce.
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"Canada like the United States is a nation made up of immigrants. While it seems possible that Eric the Red and other Vikings discovered Canada in about AD the actual growth of population and ..."
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Satisfied Workers Are Productive Workers, 2006.
This paper examines the results of various surveys as well as a detailed questionnaire which indicate that praise and recognition of a job well done is significantly more important to employees than meeting salary demands.
2,849 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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The writer of this paper contends and proves that worker satisfaction goes far beyond salary demands. Recent surveys indicate that the most important aspect of worker satisfaction is recognition and praise for a job well done. This paper stresses the importance of human resource managers in finding the proper mix to garner satisfaction on behalf of the employee while obtaining efficient and productive results for the employer. This paper contains a detailed questionnaire which was used to interview managers and workers in both the service and production industries, as well as the results of the interviews. Based on the results of the questionnaire, there is a remarkable difference between the service industry and a production facility, which are detailed in this paper. The writer also delves into the issues of women, discrimination and affirmative action in the work place.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Satisfaction Questionnaire
The Measurement of Satisfaction
Conclusions
Works Cited
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"The interviews with "ordinary" workers as well as low-level management were conducted anonymously. There was no mention of name, race, or gender. Permission was sought and granted that the results would be shared with Human Resources Management. Unfortunately, as is often the case, less than 60% of the questionnaires passed out were submitted. Time did not provide sufficient availability of the employees for a "sit-down" discussion. Approximately 10% of the questionnaires, therefore, were filled out during personal, head-to-head discussions. One listened as long as the employee/manager was willing to talk. One thing was obvious, a sort of theme running throughout: in a tight labor market, there is far less loyalty to a company than there used to be. Books on the subject bear this out."
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Happy Workers Make Loyal Workers, 2007.
This paper presents an examination of the benefits of providing on-site childcare for employees' children.
2,362 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The paper discusses a company's need to maintain a work environment that stimulates employee interaction and economic growth. The paper explains that offering employees on-site childcare will help strengthen the retention rate of the workers and attract the best in the industry for future hire. The paper discusses the benefits of both contractor and company run on-site childcare, as well as the ways that the company will succeed in this proposal. The paper concludes that companies no longer only have a competitive obligation to their industry, but they also have a social obligation to the community that they impact. Providing an on-site daycare center will help with that social obligation as well as increase the ability to recruit and retain the most professional employees in the industry.
Outline:
Introduction
Benefits
Comparing Contracting It Out Or Providing It Ourselves
Approximate Cost of Each Option
Conclusion
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"Avionics Solutions, a small firm based in Washington, D.D., is a leader in manufacturing avionics equipment and prides it self on being a family-owned business that delivers high quality products. It is in the company's best interest to stay ahead of the competition to retain its best employees. To this end, the company must maintain a work environment that stimulates employee interaction and economic growth. To recruit and retain the best employees in the industry it is important to understand that they are the company's greatest asset. Offering employees onsite childcare will help strengthen the retention rate of the workers and attract the best in the industry for future hire."
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Profitability in Unionized and Non-Union Companies, 2005.
A look at the impact that a union has on a firm's profit and investment.
893 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper reviews and summarizes studies that looked at whether unionized companies were less or more profitable than non-union firms and whether there was less new investment in unionized firms as compared to non-unionized ones. After reviewing the literature, the paper concludes that, while unions generally transfer payment from shareholders to employees, there is a downside to unionization; it may inhibit the very investment needed to run the company.
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"As long ago as 1994, researchers were interested in ascertaining whether unionized companies were less or more profitable than nonunion firms, and whether there was less new investment in unionized firms as compared to nonunionized ones. Morgan investigated shareholder risk and rates of return in both sorts of companies during the period 1973-1987. Morgan?s work cited earlier work of Becker and Olson (1989) in which they provided an analysis of differences in shareholder risk and returns in union and nonunion companies, finding that shareholders in more highly unionized companies realized lower rates of return than did shareholders in the nonunion companies. Becker and Olson had further suggested that lower shareholder returns during the 1970s had led management to attempt to limit the extent of unionization during the 1980s in a move to reverse that trend. (Morgan, 1994, unpaged)"
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Labor Unions, 2005.
A look at the history of labor unions and the advantages of hiring unionized workers today.
2,231 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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This paper examines how during the nineteenth century, labor organizations focused on ways to strengthen and secure themselves. In contrast, it looks at how today, labor unions are faced with a much different world and how due to the changing environment, companies are realizing a larger economy of scale by becoming part of the global economy. It discusses the role of the labor union as well as the advantages and disadvantages of hiring unionized workers.
Outline
Introduction
Labor Unions of the Past
Labor Unions of Today
What Does a Union Do?
Reasons for Joining a Union
Conclusion
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"The first concern of a labor union is getting members, organizing the unorganized. Every national union carries on organizing activities through a staff of professional organizers. These days the organizers are likely to be well-educated, sophisticated individuals, with a college degree. Although their carefully planned organizing efforts will be aided by rank and file members, union organizers must have the same knowledge of human motivation and skill in communications techniques as any vice-president of marketing. Organizers in a sense are marketing people, marketing the concept of union membership. Companies vulnerable to unionization often have consultants on retainer or experts on staff to forestall or defeat attempts to organize them."
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United Auto Workers (UAW), 2002.
Presents an example of an attempt to unionize workers in an industrial area.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 14 sources, $ 89.95
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The object of this paper is to present a case study of an attempt at forming a union by the United Auto Workers (UAW) at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama. The case study represents a fairly typical situation in present-day efforts to unionize workers in the industrial area. It points out the way that labor-management relations have changed drastically over the last half-century since the days when management involved itself in union-busting and unions used their strike weapon to bring management to heel.
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Unions, 2007.
A discussion of the contributions of unions to American workers.
1,123 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This paper examines the accomplishments and contributions of unions have made toward improving the conditions of workers. In particular, it examines how the lifestyles of workers have changed financially and socially. The paper also considers why a worker would want to join a union, with simple how-to instructions taken from a website. The paper ends with an exploration of why union membership has dropped over the past few decades and how unions are trying to regain their prominence.
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"Unions have been around for many years, and working conditions in developed, as well as developing countries have been vastly improved due to union activism and vigilance. Some unions have been able to provide many in society with a sense of security that they might not have ever been able to enjoy without the union's strength and cohesiveness supporting them."
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The Telecommunications Workers of America, 2004.
Focuses on the history and structure of the Union of Telecommunications Workers of American.
2,307 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper traces the origins and evolution of the union known as Telecommunications Workers of America (TWA). In doing so, the paper provides a history of U.S. unions, in general, with an emphasis on the history of TWA. After the history of TWA, the paper goes on to discuss the union's membership and organizational structure, its management philosophy, and its method of representation within the organization.
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"We tend to think of labor unions as a thing of the past. Not, of course, that workers no longer need protection. But since the beginning of the first Reagan administration, we have become used to workers? rights being chipped ? and sometimes hacked ? away by the powerful interests of capital. (The same powerful interests, of course, that unions were designed to fight against). The overall percentage of workers who belong to unions has been falling for generations, in part because of Reagan-era legal decisions that lessened the power of unions and in part because of globalization and a shift away (in the United States and in other First World countries) from the heavy-industrial jobs that have tended to be the most heavily unionized, as Boeri (2001) notes."
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The Effects of Union Strikes on Nursing Management Roles, 2007.
A look at the management roles of the nurse, and the effect that union strikes have on these roles.
2,022 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper reviews and discusses how union strikes affect the management roles of a nurse. The paper reports that nursing shortages are a contentious issue and that union demands play a substantial role in this shortage of nursing staff.
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Introduction
Analysis and Explanation of Issue
Application
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"There is a good deal of confusion on many of the key points as to what makes a union actually successful. A successful union is one that does more than just support employees when there is a strike. Unions work to get better wages for employees, better benefits for employees, and ensure that strikes do not take place. Much of the difficulty in determining whether a union is effective comes in determining the criteria for effectiveness and creating a model that can be used across all industries and all unions. This is much more difficult than it sounds and is causing many who study this issue a great deal of trouble. There are two models that have been considered important by researchers into the subject, but neither one has been completely adopted (Bell, 1999)."
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Labor Unions, 1999.
Argues that unions are necessary to protect workers. Looks at isssues of labor law, organization, history, collective bargaining, economics and flexibile hours.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, $ 119.95
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"LABOR UNIONS ARE NECESSARY: A POSITION PAPER
Introduction
This research develops a position on the necessity of labor unions. The argument developed in this essay is that labor unions are necessary.
Labor Law in the United States
In the United States, labor law is, essentially, a federal matter, and the government arbiter between management and labor is the National labor Relations Board, generally referred to as the NLRB (Calvert 19). One result of this approach is a uniform application across the country of rules governing labor-management relations. The states are able to exercise little original jurisdiction in labor-management relations (the most notable example of state jurisdiction are the so-called right to work laws.."
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