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Collective Bargaining

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Question 3 what is the bargaining unit the union is bargaining for metropolis?

The bargaining unit helps the employees to negotiate different conditions of employment.

The bargaining unit does not entail employees to join the unions. The workers wanted to have the

bargaining unit as a vehicle to present their grievances. In this case, the company wants to deal

with a single “bargaining unit” but the union insists that all stores should be covered under one

master agreement. The union in the metropolis is bargaining for an increase in wages, reduction

of deductions on insurance and extra vacation. The union wanted to have uniform terms and

conditions that cover all employees irrespective of working in different stores. After winning the

elections in six of the organization’s stores, they strongly believed that they could still bargain

for the contracts of the remaining stores. The union supposes that other workers have the right to

access to appeal grievances procedures and union rights such as the EEO complaint process.

They want to have one bargaining unit so that they have the right to union representation. The

bargaining unit gives employees the opportunity of negotiating with the organization. There are

mandatory subjects of the bargaining that include terms and conditions, rights to strike, wages

health and safety (Chaison, 2005).

Question 4 Do any of the union's activities violate section 8(b) 4(b)?

Section 8 (b) (4) of the act prohibit any labor organizations or other agents from

encouraging any person who is employed by an individual in commercial activities to participate

in the strike or deny the employer from conducting business. Additionally, the act protects people

engaged in commerce from threats of unions such as restraining them from participating in the

business. Finally, the law also forbids labor unions from forcing employers to participate in the

labor organization or business. Requiring or forcing any employer to recognize a particular

organization is unlawful. According to the case, the representatives of Bakers Union who were
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on strike because of low wages and forced the manager of Acme Supermarket to stop stocking

Bond Bread violated Section 8(b) (4) (B). Section 8(b) (4) (B) calls for all employees or labor

union to respect business owners and allow them to engage any profit-making activities (Deakin,

Morris & Morris, 2005). The Union threatened the manager by presenting him with the sample

of the bill that read that “Acme sells Bond Bread. Bond Bread employees are on strike. Do not

patronize the Supermarket” they went ahead to distribute the handbills and published the bill in

the local newspaper. The union’s activities infringed Section 8(b) (4) (B) because the customers

stopped buying the Bond Bread from Acme Supermarket and affected the delivery cycle. This

was wrong because any person is allowed to participate in any commercial activities without

being affected by external forces such as unions. This is called picketing at the site of the other

organizations.

References

Chaison, D. G. N. (2005). Unions in America. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Deakin, S. F., Morris, G. S., & Morris, G. S. (2005). Labour law(Vol. 6). Oxford: Hart

publishing.