Hrm330 Unions Course Project

Written Assignment #2

HRM 330 Course Project Paper Outline

1. Introduction: Unions have a long history in the United States and there have been diverse opinions as to whether or not unions are necessary. Unions protect employees from unfair treatment by corporations; they represent several types of workers from mechanics to pharmacists. Unions are important to our workforce and have several benefits which will be explained further in this paper. The topic of preserving unions will also be discussed.

2. The Importance of unions

a. Benefits for employees

i. Fair contracts are negotiated, provide representation on the job and various benefits.

ii. Employees that are members are unions gain a collective voice regarding working hours, wages, benefits, and working conditions.

b. What unions do for companies

iii. Unions are associated with creating higher productivity and lower employee turnover.

iv. Unions improve workplace communication as well as created a better trained workforce.

3. How to maintain unions

c. Labor union decline

v. There has been in decline in labor unions because government budget cuts

vi. According to George Meany, the first president of the AFL-CIO, “It is impossible to bargain collectively with government”

d. What can be done

vii. Union memberships have dropped from 45.5% in 1945 to 11.3% in 2012, the hardest hit group is the teachers union. Modernizing labor laws would help stop unions from declining

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4. Conclusion

e. The benefits of unions are so great, if union representatives stick together and organize new members to join, unions can once again start growing.

f. Unions have done so much for America, fair wages, employer based health coverage, family medical leave act and shorter work weeks. If unions continue to decline we can lose all of those great benefits. It’s important that we do what...