What Today's Trade Union Leader Is Like

Salenko, Valerii Ia.; Grunt, Elena

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“…In addition, the financial crisis and the weakening of the trade unions are consequences of a shift from one social and economic system to another (Salenko & Grunt, 2001). With rising pressures from globalization and the financial crisis, governments worldwide are taking measures to reduce costs and increase profits (Mellor & Kath, 2011;Salenko & Grunt, 2001).…”

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An Exploration into Challenges Facing Public Sector Labor Relations: A Literature Review and Analysis

Chambers

2014

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This analysis explores some of the challenges facing public managers in nurturing their relationship and partnership with public-sector unions. It begins with a discussion of the background that elaborates on union history, discussing the birth of unions, the fall of private-sector unions, and the rise of government unions. This is followed by a review of the relevant professional and scientific literature to better develop the topic and focus the analysis. As the field of government labor-management relations is complex, the unique characteristics of government labor-management relationships that are lacking in the private-sector context necessitate a practitioner approach and an integrated synthesis of the literature. The analysis concludes that when collective bargaining is applied to public-sector business, it must be tailored to achieve proper alignment with taxpayers, who are the major stakeholders in public-sector services.

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“…With rising pressures from globalization and the financial crisis, governments worldwide are taking measures to reduce costs and increase profits (Mellor & Kath, 2011;Salenko & Grunt, 2001). The aforementioned conditions led to an attack on public-sector unions.…”

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An Exploration into Challenges Facing Public Sector Labor Relations: A Literature Review and Analysis

Chambers

2014

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Collective bargaining: An analysis of hurdles and applicability in the public sector

Chigudu¹

2015

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This article discusses the arguments against adopting collective bargaining in the public sector and its benefits. Collective bargaining in the public sector is viewed primarily as undermining democratic governance in one way and paradoxically it is seen as an essential part of democratic governance. In the former view, collective bargaining in the public sector is seen as an interference with administrative law for personal benefit to the detriment of the taxpayer. Proponents of this view argue that unionising public sector employees encourages disloyalty to the government at the expense of public welfare. In the later view, public sector collective bargaining is viewed as a fundamental human right in a pluralistic society. Advocates of this view posit that, public sector unions provide a collective voice that stimulates improvement of government services as well as sound administration of law. They also argue that, public sector collective bargaining represents public policy interests and serves as a watchdog to government’s monopoly power in employment matters. Public sector unions raise employee salaries and perks to levels higher than they would have been in the absence of collective bargaining. These two opposite views are subjected to a critical analysis in this paper, with empirical evidence for both the benefits of public sector collective bargaining and arguments against public sector unions. The article found that public sector collective bargaining depends on the socio-economic background of states although international laws favour public sector unionism.

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What Today's Trade Union Leader Is Like

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An Exploration into Challenges Facing Public Sector Labor Relations: A Literature Review and Analysis

An Exploration into Challenges Facing Public Sector Labor Relations: A Literature Review and Analysis

Collective bargaining: An analysis of hurdles and applicability in the public sector

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