HRM 3422 Lecture 5: Industrial Relations - Chap. 5

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3422
• Professor: Indira Somwaru

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3 broad approaches pertaining to why unions exist: Economics: belief that unions would improve the efficiency and equity of markets by creating more balance of bargaining power between individuals and firms. Politics: to promote industrial democracy through: employee voice in determining work rules, written law of workplace rules, procedure for the enforcement of the written law, balance of power between management and labour. Human rights: international labour organization (ilo): agency of that un that establishes labour standards as human rights. Philosophies: unions have different world-views than managers and leaders. Craft/occupational unionism: earliest wave of unionization; unions that typically allow membership only trades/occupations that are in the same family of skills: focuses on skills, training and education, consists of blue collar and professional associations. Public-sector or social justice unionism: third wave of unionism; has its objectives in all. 3 levels of government e. g. promoting efficiency in public services, elimination of discrimination in the workplace, conserving the environment etc.