Labor Laws

Labor Laws and Unions

Jamie Prather

HRM/531

July 9, 2012

Dr. DeCosmo

CAMPBELL SOUP

Campbell’s Soup is considered to be the worlds leading maker and marketer of soup due to their products being sold in 120 countries around the world. Although on November 23rd, 1922 Campbells’ was incorporated as a business operation in New Jersey, the heritage in the food business can be tracked back in 1869. One of the largest strategies for success for Campbells’ is their corporate responsibilities to the public and the employees. To ensure this is possible the corporate ensures that the measurement of the balance scorecard is continually monitored. To ensure this continued monitoring is accomplished the corporation has adopted a method called “Condensed Capitalism”. This system was a method to ensure Campbells’ social responsibility is purely based on the principles of individual rights. In order for this to work there must be a political party to guide the steps.

The very first step Campbells’ Soup was faced with adopting a unionization method was back in 1979 when 2,300 farm workers walked off the job because Campbells’ refused to adopt them under their polices due to them not being considered as Campbell’s employees. The farm workers were trying to protect themselves from being paid under the minimum wage as well as protecting themselves and the public from environmental issues relating to pesticide sprays. After two years of negotiations, in 1986 it signed a historic three-way labor contract with tomato and pickle growers. This milestone for campbell’s employees ensures their rights to have an equal voice whether working in the factories or in the fields. This also gave the farm workers better working conditions through classification of being considered as paid employees with all the relating rights to this title.

Since the signing of the three-way contract, Campbell’s has developed one of the most progressive unions in the med-twentieth century....