LABRST 2A03 Lecture 9: Union Resistence

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In manufacturing, good production and major resource industries union rates drop. In management and administration and construction union rates have grown. How much more unionized workers make as opposed to non-unionized workers, focuses on the impact unions have on wages. Canada wide union wages are whereas non unionized rates are . The broad trend is that there is still a union wage premium, although membership varies based on sector and gender. In the public sector, unions don t give employers what they want, especially in the manu- facturing sector, employers will move, which is allowed through globalization and neoliber- alism. Illustrates that this is not just an issue in the public sector. Mining nickel, a product which was in high demand and remained in demand during the twentieth century. The strike began in july 2009, it appeared the union had a solid stance as the mine could not be moved, the product was in demand and profitable.

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1. Critically evaluate each of these statements:

a. "The relative decline of the American Labor movement can be explained by the shift from good-producing to service-providing industries and by the closely related shifts from blue- to white-collar occupations and from male to female employees."

b. "The success of unions in raising their wages relative to nonunion workers has contributed to the decline of unionism."

c. " Unionized firms have tended to become less profitable and, therefore, employers are more resistant to unionization."

2. Comment on each of the following statements:

a. "Unions tie the hands of management and inhibit efficient decision making."

b. "Unions contribute to economic efficiency in that union wage pressure hastens the weeding out of the high-cost, least efficient producers in each industry."

c. "Although unions may reduce wage inequality, to the extent that they reduce wage differentials based on individual merit and effort, the outcome may be rightly perceived as both inequitable and inefficient."

d. "Unions impair the efficiency of our economy indirectly by diminishing profits and thereby reducing investment and economic expansion."

3. Speculate about the reason(s) for each of the following facts about public sector pay:

a. The pay premium received by federal employees declined in the middle and late 1980s.

b. Local governments tend to pay less skilled workers more, and more skilled workers less, than comparably trained and experienced private-sector workers.

c. Female and African-American workers in government receive higher pay on average than their equally qualified counterparts in the private sector.

4. Evaluate this statement: "Profit-maximizing firms lack an incentive to provide job safety, and consequently, the federal government must intervene legislatively to protect workers against the unsafe working conditions that will surely result."

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