MGMT 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Job Security, Pension, Craft Unionism
10 Apr 2017
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The relationship between management and employees has never been very smooth. Management has the responsibility of producing a profit. Labor is interested in fair and competent management, human dignity, decent working conditions, a share in the wealth that its work generates, and assurance that the conditions of the contract and labor laws will not be ignored. Canadian companies have been trying to compete more effectively. While coping with a changing economy, management has been laying off employees, automating operations, and demanding more flexibility. Workers originally formed unions to protect themselves from intolerable work conditions and unfair treatment. Historically, employees turned to unions for assistance in gaining rights and benefits. In recent decades, union strength has waned due to: global competition, shifts from manufacturing to service and high-tech industries, growth in part-time work. A craft union is an organization of skilled specialists in a particular craft or trade.
