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Labor Unions

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Labor Unions:
Interaction with Human Resource Management
Employee and labor relations
The objective of this research paper is to provide better understanding on how Labor Unions interact with Human Resource Management and employee and labor relations. To provide a better understanding I will include the following topics:
1. History of Labor Unions
2. Common Reasons for Joining a Union
3. Grievance Procedures
4. Arbitration and Mediation
During my career, I have been fortunate to have been involved in both union and non-union shops. I have been able to experience both the good, and the bad of having a union, and not having one. If it wouldn’t have been due to low wages, rising prices of health insurance, deletion of a pension plan, and being passed over for a promotion. I probably would have never went to a job that had a union. Through my experience and research, I have come to the conclusion that in order to have better benefits, and a better way of life. There is no other way, but to have a union shop. The benefits are significant for all involved including the community.
The research of Labor Unions interaction with Human Resource Management and employee and labor relations focuses on these four topics.

Labor Unions 3
History of Labor Unions
In a Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers, Illinois Labor History Society (2008) states that the United States has the bloodiest history of labor of any industrialized nation on Earth. It is a story rich in human drama and tragedy. It also one of progress and hope. The Colonial Period to 1763: The Europeans began arriving after 1492 in America. They found land rich in resources and native culture. When news reached Europe many explorers came and developed colonization. Most, of the early colonists arrived in America under some version of bound labor, either as a slave or an indentured servant. This was the way free persons would pay for their...