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Unit # 7 – Enhancing Employee-Management Relations
Homework Project – Case Study
The Union Drive at Apollo Corporation:
ULP’s and Organizing Tactics
By:
Jemayne R. Cullum
705 East 179th Street
Bronx, NY 10457
917-528-5741
Professor Pat Lee
MT203-04 Human Resource Management
March 2008
Apollo Corporation is a general component producer for the communications industry. Bob Thomas, a nineteen year manager, that has been performing less than adequately in terms of punctuality and overall work performance. Bob has had many lateness, has been thought of as a complainer and troublemaker and he is highly critical of management. Apollo Corporation has been the type of company that has been very lax on their policies and procedures. Employees come to work at all different times of day and provide less than acceptable performance. The HR Manager has decided to speak with all levels of management and let them know how they will need to tighten up on the policies for the company. When Bob heard about the tighten rules and policies he began to think his poor performance and attendance was catching up to him. Bob decided he would look into speaking with a union representative to talk about starting a union with Apollo Corporation. Within a couple weeks of the decision to tighten up policies, management at Apollo had terminated Bob’s employment from the company with the reason given as poor work performance and unsatisfactory attendance.
In this situation I am not sure I would calculate this as being a wrongful termination, but it does make you question whether they were acting out of retaliation in the efforts of...
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