BUSI 1600U Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Canada Industrial Relations Board, United Automobile Workers, Canada Labour Code
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Chapter 13: understanding employee management issues and relations. A union an employee organization that has the main goal of representing members in employee management bargaining over job-related issues. Purpose is to protect themselves from intolerable work conditions and unfair treatment. Trade unions were largely responsible for establishment of minimum-wage laws, overtime rules, workers" compensation, severance pay, child-labour laws, job safety regulations, and more. Some labour analysts forecast that unions will regain strength as companies become more involved in practices such as outsourcing, others insist that unions have seen their brightest days. The relationship between management (representing owners or stockholders) and employees has never been very smooth. Management has the responsibility of producing a profit through maximum productivity. Employee-management issues must be worked out through open discussion, goodwill, and compromise. While coping with a changing economy, management has been laying off employees, automating operations, and demanding more flexibility in how it uses its remaining workforce.