Ch 19 Labor Relations Flashcards
This model credited to US labor secretary, John Thomas Dunlap suggest a labor union can maximize the wage rate while the employer controls the level of employment.
The Monopoly Union Model
This model suggested firms and labor unions bargain over wage rates, according to formula where employees seek to maximize wages, while the firm seeks to maximize profit
Right to Manage (right to max)
This model suggests that employers and employees bargain over both wages and employment levels
Efficient Bargaining
This act was passing 1935 guarantees private sector employees the right to organize and bargain collectively for wages and working conditions without employer interference or unfair labor practices
The National Labors Relations Act, NLRA, also known as the Wagner Act
Also known as mutual gains bargaining, win-win bargaining, or principled negotiation, this can provide more flexible than positional bargaining by focusing negotiations on each parties underlying interests around areas of mutual concern.
Interest-based bargaining
While generally not a method for negotiating a formal labor agreement , this is a process for creating or MENDING a positive labor management RELATIONSHIP focused on specific problems, areas and goals. They must identify objectives of mutual interest, create action plans, and collaboratively work to obtain.
Relationship by objective (RBO)
The traditional model for strategic planning is a _____, _____ and _____ process that often produces highly detailed and complicated plans
- Linear
- Sequential
- Systematic
____ describes the interaction between fire department management and the rank-and-file workforce
Labor relations
_______ suggests the importance of cooperative labor management arrangements to maximize positive outcomes for both employers and employees; in sharp contrast to the ______ of zero-sum negotiations were one party must lose for another to win
- Contemporary economic theory (game theory) (just a game, back and forth)
- Legacy notion (legacy of old union)
____ is where players of the game pursue their own self interest to each, without regard for the other leading both players, to be worse off than if they had cooperated
Prisoners dilemma
Subjects covered in collective bargaining, and the resulting agreements are generally divided into two types:
- Mandatory subjects (pay, schedule, leave & retirement)
- Permissive subjects (working conditions)
To have a worthwhile discussion about conflict, it is first important for the parties to identify ______
Why they are at odds
Four parts of effective organizational strategies (Mintzberg)
- Must allow for creativity, intuition
and organizational learning - Cannot always be developed on a
schedule - Cannot be immaculately conceived
- Be free to develop at anytime and
place within the organization
Management also controls the allocation of budgeted resources within the organization, although for career and combination departments, _______costs (often influenced or specified by contracts and labor agreements) compromise the lions share of budget monies.
Non-discretionary personnel costs
In the context of fire department, labor relations, this is a process in which labor management meets on a regular basis to discuss wages, hours, and work conditions. The specific scope and coverage of these discussions depend on relevant laws, regulations and practices, but almost any subject described in a formal labor agreement could be addressed through this. The major difference is this does not result in a formal CBA, or other written contract document.
Meet and confer
