Labor Relation

Labor Relation

Labor Relation: Discussion

Conventional wisdom holds that the reason for being for labor unions is to function as bargaining agents for employees. In particular, unions represent workers in negotiations over wages, hours, and working conditions, including provisions for idleness resulting from business conditions, retirement, and injury. Put simply, many important aspects of the employer-employee relationship have, over time, been circumscribed by laws and regulations that apply to all workers, not just union members. Common sense dictates that the greater the involvement of government in the relationship between employers and employees, the smaller the scope of issues that may be ...