BU121 Lecture Notes - Bargaining Unit, Rand Formula, W. M. Keck Observatory
Document Summary
Craft union is a organization who unites people who have the same skills (ex: electricians, plumbers) Power: create monopoly over scarce resource, comes from strike, by uniting everyone around that skill they create a monopoly around it, can t replace skilled workers with anyone, create scarcity by limiting access to the trade. Strike characteristics: little violence, settled quickly, don t create violence, don t need to because they have the power (unions), and often they may work elsewhere. Power: strength in numbers their strength comes from getting everyone out, harder for management to replace and operate, so union makes it hard to replace them. Tactics: u control physical access through picket, m withstand strike, union reminds workers what happens if they go back to work (while there on strike), picket line is used for intimidation, that s why violence erupts. Managers replace them (subcontract, replacement workers), they have slightly more power. Strike characteristics: potential violence, can drag on.
