Public Sector Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in US

Public Sector Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in US

Introduction

This essay aims to address the public sector employee relations and collaborative bargaining in the US. The essay has discussed the history of the collaborative bargaining its politics, the process and the challenges that the public sector employers face in the age of the corporate globalization. The paper has been written in the PAR format. It means that the paper has addressed the problem and then the actions that can assist to resolve the problem and results. The problem is the collaborative bargaining in the public sector.

Discussion

History of Collective Bargaining

According to Farazmand the process of collective negotiations of the labor and the management of businesses started in the early 18th century when the trade unions were formed by the employees to negotiate their needs with the employers. Collective bargaining as a specific term was used in 1891 by the famous economist named Beatrice Webb. After the introduction of the National railway act and the national labor relations act allowed the employees to participate freely and have representation in the trade unions (Farazmand, 1999, 509-522).

Collective Bargaining has been under use in the American organizations for the past several decades. The concept of collective bargaining was introduced in the United States of America when in 1935 the president Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Wagner act into the law of United States of America. This act gave the employees the right to practice collective bargaining in business organizations of United States of America. The collective bargaining concept was introduced in Michigan when almost 33,000 employees of General Motors went for a sit down strike in Flint.

It was after this event that the skilled workers of the business organizations started to use their skills for bargaining with the employers to have their demands fulfilled. In general the collective bargaining is arranged by and conducted by labor unions in which the labor unions act as representatives of the employees who want the employer to consider their needs. The labor unions are formed by the employees who voluntarily join the unions to present their needs to the management.

Collective bargaining for public Sector

According to Kate the collective bargaining in the public sector covers all levels of government unions, and including local and social district. These are often representation of similar legislative governing bodies. The collective bargaining started in the late 1950s by employees of public organizations. The early results come out by seeing this that in 1950 and 1955 more than 10 states adopted the collective bargaining. An official executive ordinance was signed for granting the public sector to have their unions. The superintendent of public sector has no financial responsibility to control the cost of labor. The collective bargaining in the public organization, there are fewer chances of conflict among the workers. Public organizations can not threaten to lower the cost of labor, just like the school board, and it cannot outsource the operations of ...