WEEK 3

HR Strategy and the Employee Voice (graded)

Human resource professionals need to ensure that employees have a
voice in the employment relationship with their employers. From an HR
perspective, what strategies would you consider employing to make sure
employees have the ability to have a voice? Explain your reasoning for
those strategies.

Union Organizing Process (graded)

Discuss what you think are the most important challenges for both
unions and management in a union workplace. Why are the challenges in a
nonunion workplace? How have these challenges changed over the last 5
to 10 years?WEEK 4Labor Law (graded)
In both private and public sectors, a sharp increase in union
membership coincides with the passage of protective legislation. A
long-standing debate is whether increased demand for unionization causes
new legislation or vice versa. What side of this argument do you find
yourself on and why? Explain your reasoning. Bring in recent examples in
the news that support your stand.

Bargaining (graded)

Bargaining has resulted in many rights and benefits for all
employees within the workplace. Describe your understanding of the
purpose of bargaining. Conduct some additional research, and review a
case study that includes union bargaining (be sure to cite your source
of the case study).Human resource professionals need to ensure that employees have a
voice in the employment relationship with their employers. From an HR
perspective, what strategies would you consider employing to make sure
employees have the ability to have a voice? Explain your reasoning for
those strategies.Discuss what you think are the most important challenges for both
unions and management in a union workplace. Why are the challenges in a
nonunion workplace? How have these challenges changed over the last 5
to 10 years?WEEK 4In both private and public sectors, a sharp increase in union
membership coincides with the passage of protective legislation. A
long-standing debate is whether increased demand for unionization causes
new legislation or vice versa. What side of this argument do you find
yourself on and why? Explain your reasoning. Bring in recent examples in
the news that support your stand.Bargaining has resulted in many rights and benefits for all
employees within the workplace. Describe your understanding of the
purpose of bargaining. Conduct some additional research, and review a
case study that includes union bargaining (be sure to cite your source
of the case study).