Unions and Collective Bargaining" Please read this discussion and give me a respond to the following information: From the scenario and the eActivity, examine two (2) reasons why employees join labor unions. Examine two (2) reasons why organizations prefer that unions do not representtheir employees. Suggest two (2) benefits that unions can provide for an employer.  Justify your response. What is a Union and Why are they needed? A union is an organized group of workers who collectively use their strength to have a voice in their workplace. Through a union, workers have a right to impact wages, work hours, benefits, workplace health and safety, job training and other work-related issues. Under U.S. law, workers of all ages have the right to join a union. Having support from the union to ensure fairness and respect in the workplace is one of the key reasons workers organize. All of the benefits and protections workers enjoy today came about as a result of the organized labor movement in this country. These include the minimum wage, social security payments, an eight hour day and weekends, overtime pay, the American with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act which requires employers to meet safety standards for their workers. Two reasons employees join unions are: (1) Security. In a union your boss can’t just walk up and fire you because they want to give your job to their wife’s nephew. Nor can they lay you off out of sequence, demote you arbitrarily, or prevent you, without sufficient cause, from promoting to the next higher job. (2) Benefits. Pensions, medical insurance, paid vacation, holidays, personal holidays, sick pay, overtime premiums, shift differential, etc, are generally not only better in a union shop, many of these goodies don’t even exist without a union contract. Two reasons employers don't want to have Unions representing their employees: (1) Employers feel that when employees are representative by Unions that they have to tolerate poor performance/behavior from employees for unreasonable amounts of time. If an employee is absent a lot, doesn’t do their job, doesn’t keep up, causes extra work for their fellow employees who have to pick up the slack, a company should be allowed to replace that person.  I don’t think a union should force a company to tolerate such poor performance and have to pay the person on top of it. (2) Union contracts compress wages: They suppress the wages of more productive workers and raise the wages of the less competent. Unions redistribute wealth between workers. Everyone gets the same seniority-based raise regardless of how much or little he contributes, and this reduces wage inequality in unionized companies… Benefits that Unions can provide employers: Simpler Negotiations: As an employer, one of the advantages of dealing with a labor union is that it simplifies the negotiations process. When dealing with a labor union, you do not have to negotiate with multiple employees. You ...

1. Unions and Collective Bargaining" Please read this discussion
and give me a respond to the following information:
From the scenario and the eActivity, examine two (2) reasons
why employees join labor unions. Examine two (2) reasons why
organizations prefer that unions do not representtheir
employees. Suggest two (2) benefits that unions can provide for
an employer. Justify your response.
What is a Union and Why are they needed? A union is an
organized group of workers who collectively use their strength
to have a voice in their workplace. Through a union, workers
have a right to impact wages, work hours, benefits, workplace
health and safety, job training and other work-related issues.
Under U.S. law, workers of all ages have the right to join a
union. Having support from the union to ensure fairness and
respect in the workplace is one of the key reasons workers
organize.
All of the benefits and protections workers enjoy today came
about as a result of the organized labor movement in this
country. These include the minimum wage, social security
payments, an eight hour day and weekends, overtime pay, the
American with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and
Health Act which requires employers to meet safety standards
for their workers.
Two reasons employees join unions are: (1) Security. In a union
your boss can’t just walk up and fire you because they want to
give your job to their wife’s nephew. Nor can they lay you off
out of sequence, demote you arbitrarily, or prevent you, without
sufficient cause, from promoting to the next higher job.
(2) Benefits. Pensions, medical insurance, paid vacation,
holidays, personal holidays, sick pay, overtime premiums, shift
differential, etc, are generally not only better in a union shop,
many of these goodies don’t even exist without a union
contract.

2. Two reasons employers don't want to have Unions representing
their employees:
(1) Employers feel that when employees are representative by
Unions that they have to tolerate poor performance/behavior
from employees for unreasonable amounts of time. If an
employee is absent a lot, doesn’t do their job, doesn’t keep up,
causes extra work for their fellow employees who have to pick
up the slack, a company should be allowed to replace that
person. I don’t think a union should force a company to tolerate
such poor performance and have to pay the person on top of it.
(2) Union contracts compress wages: They suppress the wages
of more productive workers and raise the wages of the less
competent. Unions redistribute wealth between workers.
Everyone gets the same seniority-based raise regardless of how
much or little he contributes, and this reduces wage inequality
in unionized companies…
Benefits that Unions can provide employers:
Simpler Negotiations: As an employer, one of the advantages of
dealing with a labor union is that it simplifies the negotiations
process. When dealing with a labor union, you do not have to
negotiate with multiple employees. You simply talk to the head
of the labor union and the head of the union speaks for all of the
workforce. By doing this, you can negotiate faster and more
efficiently without having to worry about meeting with many
different employees.
Employee Satisfaction: Another advantage of dealing with labor
unions is that it can improve employee satisfaction. When
employees deal with unions, they may be more satisfied because
they have a voice to speak to the employer. They get higher
wages on average and better benefits packages. When you meet
the needs of the employees better, they will be more satisfied in
their jobs and will be willing to work harder for you. This could
lead to higher productivity and better quality production.
Examine two (2) legal responsibilities that employers have

3. when dealing with labor unions. Suggest two (2) ways in which
management and unions might work together to craft mutually
beneficial contracts. Provide a rationale for your response.
The National Labor Relations Act (NRLA) is a set of legal
restrictions that dictate how employers must treat unions and
union activity (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2014).The
National Labor Relations Act forbids employers from
interfering with, restraining, or coercing employees in the
exercise of rights relating to organizing, forming, joining or
assisting a labor organization for collective bargaining
purposes, or from working together to improve terms and
conditions of employment, or refraining from any such activity.
Collective bargaining is the process in which the employer and
union work together to, negotiate contracts with their employers
to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits,
hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance
work and family and more.