INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS
Goals
? Video: employees want an increase in wages, but employers want to implement a profit-sharing system
? Now: employees want locked in jobs, and promises for future products at U.S. plants and standard agreements on wages and benefits, employers want to win a contract with union workers that allows it to narrow the wage gap with Asian competitors by making retiree health care a union burden
? Both situations connect in the way that the employees want job security and greater wages, and also that the company is searching for ways to lower costs
Economic Environment
? In both situations, there is no real effect on consumers, as GM has a good stock of vehicles already
Employees and their Organizations
? Video: workers and managers perceived each other as enemies for years
? Video: employees want an increase in wages, but employers want to implement a profit-sharing system
? Now: employees want locked in jobs, and promises for future products at U.S. plants and standard agreements on wages and benefits, employers want to win a contract with union workers that allows it to narrow the wage gap with Asian competitors by making retiree health care a union burden
? Video: Bob White is victorious over GM, and UAW and CAW become separate
Employers and their Hierarchy
? In both cases, the employers have power over the employees, but the employees also have the power of a union
? Employers need to work with union members to come to an agreement which satisfies both parties ...