Lecture An introduction to collective bargaining and industrial relations (4e) – Chapter 7: Union organizing and bargaining structures

Chapter 7 - Union organizing and bargaining structures. The main contents of the chapter consist of the following: Union organizing, nontraditional union organizing tactics, bargaining structure, determinants of bargaining structures, pattern bargaining.

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• Arguments against centralization include the 

reduction in employee free choice and a reduction in the ability of the employee to influence the union

Teamsters lost members to non­union firms

• Great diversity and decentralization make 

that impractical in the United States

• In moderation, it reduces strikes and establishes 

norms of equity for workers