Labor Relations 2050 Final Exam with verified detailed
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solutions
Two-Tier Structure - ✔✔In sports CB, there is The League and the Player's Association. The
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League represents the owner's and the Players are represented by the Player's Association.
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They bargain in terms of compensation. There are salary caps for the team and individual.
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The procedure is binding/interest arbitration because it sets pay, as opposed to grievance
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arbitration. Baseball has interest arbitration in private sector.
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Why is there two-tier structure in sports? - ✔✔Favors the players because they. There is a
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huge range of value/earnings that the players in the various sports have. The players have
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strike leverage. This motivates players to up their value.
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Why might there be a lockout and strike in sports? - ✔✔There is miscalculations of strikes.
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The stars want the market and the players want to press the free agency with the bargaining
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power
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Why is Public Sector CB so important? - ✔✔Public sector is a big component of our
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economy and the workforce is heavily organized. 2 of the largest and wealthiest American
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unions are public sector. Not covered by NLRA but state laws apply
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Pre-1960s Public Sector CB - ✔✔Sovereignty doctrine applied by many courts. Sporadic
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Unionism. Unionism is so late in coming because civil service was the alternative. Courts
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restricted unionism ||
1960s to mid 1970s Public Sector CB - ✔✔Rapid growth in public sector unionism. Led by
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teachers, particularly AFT in NYC. Some links to Civil Rights Movement i.e. MLK died
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while at sanitation strike in Memphis
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, Mid 1970s to early 1980s - ✔✔Taxpayers' revolt.. plateauing of public sector union
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growth...also, concession bargaining in NYC, SF, and other cities || || || || || || || ||
1990s - ✔✔public concern over education quality and privatization push
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2010 to present - ✔✔concern over public sector pension funding and pay levels, Wisconsin
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and other states rollbacks in public employee bargaining rights and contract terms,
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returning of government sovereignty claim, education debates regarding charter schools
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and teacher quality and evaluation
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How is CB different in public and private sector? - ✔✔-poltics matter in the public sector
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-multilateral in public sector and bilateral in public sector || || || || || || || ||
-varying level of elasticity demand for labor
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|| -relativiely inelastic for things like police but more elastic for things like public/social work
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-Potency of strike || || ||
-recent attacks on public sector unions and CB
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Arguments supporting public sector unions and CB - ✔✔-union power seems to vary across
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employee types and over time
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-It is not fair to give management sole authority because employee rights should not be
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different dependent on their sector || || || ||
-role of strike banks and interest arbitration as a strike alternative
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Difference between Interest and Grievance Arbitration - ✔✔-In grievance arbitration the
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parties present the arbitrator with a dispute involving the terms of an existing collective
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bargaining agreement. The arbitrator's role is to decide the dispute by applying the terms of
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the agreement.
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solutions
Two-Tier Structure - ✔✔In sports CB, there is The League and the Player's Association. The
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
League represents the owner's and the Players are represented by the Player's Association.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
They bargain in terms of compensation. There are salary caps for the team and individual.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The procedure is binding/interest arbitration because it sets pay, as opposed to grievance
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
arbitration. Baseball has interest arbitration in private sector.
|| || || || || || ||
Why is there two-tier structure in sports? - ✔✔Favors the players because they. There is a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
huge range of value/earnings that the players in the various sports have. The players have
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
strike leverage. This motivates players to up their value.
|| || || || || || || ||
Why might there be a lockout and strike in sports? - ✔✔There is miscalculations of strikes.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
The stars want the market and the players want to press the free agency with the bargaining
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power
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Why is Public Sector CB so important? - ✔✔Public sector is a big component of our
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economy and the workforce is heavily organized. 2 of the largest and wealthiest American
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
unions are public sector. Not covered by NLRA but state laws apply
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Pre-1960s Public Sector CB - ✔✔Sovereignty doctrine applied by many courts. Sporadic
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Unionism. Unionism is so late in coming because civil service was the alternative. Courts
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
restricted unionism ||
1960s to mid 1970s Public Sector CB - ✔✔Rapid growth in public sector unionism. Led by
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
teachers, particularly AFT in NYC. Some links to Civil Rights Movement i.e. MLK died
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while at sanitation strike in Memphis
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, Mid 1970s to early 1980s - ✔✔Taxpayers' revolt.. plateauing of public sector union
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
growth...also, concession bargaining in NYC, SF, and other cities || || || || || || || ||
1990s - ✔✔public concern over education quality and privatization push
|| || || || || || || || ||
2010 to present - ✔✔concern over public sector pension funding and pay levels, Wisconsin
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
and other states rollbacks in public employee bargaining rights and contract terms,
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
returning of government sovereignty claim, education debates regarding charter schools
|| || || || || || || || || ||
and teacher quality and evaluation
|| || || ||
How is CB different in public and private sector? - ✔✔-poltics matter in the public sector
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
-multilateral in public sector and bilateral in public sector || || || || || || || ||
-varying level of elasticity demand for labor
|| || || || || || ||
|| -relativiely inelastic for things like police but more elastic for things like public/social work
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
-Potency of strike || || ||
-recent attacks on public sector unions and CB
|| || || || || || ||
Arguments supporting public sector unions and CB - ✔✔-union power seems to vary across
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
employee types and over time
|| || || || || ||
-It is not fair to give management sole authority because employee rights should not be
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
different dependent on their sector || || || ||
-role of strike banks and interest arbitration as a strike alternative
|| || || || || || || || || ||
Difference between Interest and Grievance Arbitration - ✔✔-In grievance arbitration the
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
parties present the arbitrator with a dispute involving the terms of an existing collective
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
bargaining agreement. The arbitrator's role is to decide the dispute by applying the terms of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the agreement.
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