MHR 522 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pension, Bargaining Unit, John R. Commons
2 Apr 2017
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Lecture 7 - union structure continued: reading j. Union becomes exclusive bargaining agent of all bargaining unit ( bu ) employees no more individual-level bargaining with employees. Requirement - start bargaining a collective agreement ( ca ): Ca will establish terms and conditions of employment for all employees in the. Bargaining unit (the constituency of employees that the union is legally entitled represent) Even employees in the bargaining unit cannot bargain for themselves with management. Decentralized when one bargaining unit is dealt with at a time in one company in industry. Now since that company is the only one in industry with union, they have to increase their prices since they have to pay employees more. Therefore causing customers to go to other companies since it will be cheaper. This is know as labour costs in" competition . Companies force to cut employee costs since they need to stay competitive in industry.
