ILRLR 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Movement, Inequality Of Bargaining Power, Human Resource Management
27 Jan 2018
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Labor conditions in the early 20th century which were labeled the "labor problem" Long hours, low wages, unsanitary and dangerous working conditions, job insecurity. Efficiency, equity, and voice are achieved through free-market competition. Unions are seen as labor market monopolies that restrict the supply of labor and interfere with the invisible hand of free market competition. Align the interests of the workers and the firm via better management. Independent unions are unnecessary third parties that prevent employers and employees from getting closer together. Labor problem stems from unequal bargaining power between corporations and individual workers. Solution is to form independent labor unions and purse. Solution is to form independent labor unions and purse collective bargaining ----> larger bargaining power. Corporations shape the broader social context to serve their own interests. Within their organizations, employers are similarly seen as structuring the organization of work and human resource management practices to serve their interests at the expense of labor.
