Phil Stone has been a union organizer for 15 years. He recently targeted a firm in the garment industry. Up to this point he has had informal discussions with a few of the company’s four hundred employees so that he can get a better feel for the chances of succeeding in the organizing drive. Phil is aware that he does not face a ‘slam dunk’ in this situation and his prediction is that the certification vote could be very close. He is aware that launching a full organizing campaign is an expensive proposition for the union, in time as well as resources, and his personal reputation as a successful organizer is at stake.…
The importance of industrial relations is the key to the progress and success of an organization. The important benefit of them is to ensure continuity of production. This means continuous employment for all from the managers to the workers. Disputes are the reflections of the failure of basic human urges or motivations to secure adequate satisfaction or expression that are fully cured by good industrial relations. Strikes, lockouts, unfair tactics, and grievances are a few of the reflections of industrial unrest and do not appear in an atmosphere of the industrial calm. In the end “good” industrial relations depends on which theory you find more persuasive: unitarism, radicalism, or pluralism.…
Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas after the United States and Canada.…
and ruled in Jamaica .several aspects of British legacy in Jamaica that are explored in this…
Bray, M., Deery, S., Walsh, J., and Warning, P., 2005, Industrial Relations: A Contemporary Approach, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin, Australia.…
1. Jamaica has the potential to be amazing. Jamaica could be to be one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Jamaica can thrive in its economy by producing and selling their products. Finally, Jamaica has the people; the people who want to make a difference can and will make a difference if they have the drive to do so. When watching the documentary, “Life and Debt”, I was astonished to see the diminished economy of what Jamaicans call their home. As beautiful as Jamaica may seem to the tourists portrayed in the film, they didn’t see the true native life from the island and those struggling just to feed their families. Certainty, the International Economy System has had its ups and downs in each country. However, as the documentary showed Jamaica is well versed in the effects that the Internationally Economy System can have on the economy and how it can turn it around very quickly.…
I have often wondered about the relationship of Jamaica and Cuba. Two island countries so close to one another with different ways of governing, how and why did Jamaica not chose the socialism route, in doing my research I found that Jamaica had come very close to doing just that. How would have Jamaica been affected if they did follow in Cuba’s footsteps? Their economy relies heavily on U.S. tourism. Was that a factor in their choice not to follow Castro’s ways?…
According to Kochan in Dzimbiri (2008) Industrial Relations is defined as “all aspects of people at work as individuals and groups, organized or unorganized, the behavior of employer and union organization together with public policy or legal framework governing employment conditions.” On the other hand, Clegg in Blyton andTurbull (2004:29) defines industrial relations as “the study of rules governing employment, together with the ways in which the rules are made and changed, interpreted and administered.” The two definitions imply that industrial relations involve regulation of the employment relationship between employers and employees. In both definitions, the employment relationship is based on the rules, procedures and practices which the concerned parties have to adhere to. Therefore, industrial relations can be defined as the study of relationships between employers and employees that is governed by a set of rules, procedures and practices for the benefit of either party.…
As a growing mulatto class emerged, so did the Jamaican’s desire for decolonization. Dissatisfaction over colonial rules and racist factors begat a desire for freedom and instigated a rise in nationalism. A growing working class desired to protect their benefits and demanded independence. Between 1944 and 1962 Jamaica was striving for constitutional decolonization. These fights for freedom and independence, waged mainly by men, created the setting for women to assume their rightful place on the political, educational, and economical platform for realizing gender…
Discuss the impact of the State (Government) on the conduct of industrial relations under the…
“Parliament, in the last 100 years or so, has a lot to say about conditions of work and the relationship between employers and their employees” (Deeks & Rasmussen, 2006). There have been many industrial disputes regarding the arbitration system between 1894 and 1991 which has influenced changes to New Zealand Employment Relations. One of the many industrial disputes was the waterfront industrial dispute 1951. This dispute in New Zealand’s labour history is the biggest industrial dispute that has influenced changes to Employment Relations legislation. Although it was not as violent as the great strike of 1913, it lasted longer-151 days, from February 15th to July 15, and involved more workers (Scott, 2001). The 1951 dispute pitted the government and public against the Watersiders after they decided to work to rule in protest at their employers ' refusal to award them a 15 per cent pay rise (Kay, 2008). At its peak, 22000 waterside workers (wharfies) and other unionists were off the job out of the population of just under two million (Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Today in History, 2007). This essay will discuss the effects, outcomes and influences of the 1951 waterfront industrial dispute thus how it turned the New Zealand Employment Relations around in order to avoid disputes as such from happening and also create a better relationship between the employers and the employees today.…
Topic: The impact of a monopoly firm on consumer choice in the electricity distribution industry.…
Employee relations and Industrial relations is seen as a necessary evil more than a management function in most of the firms in the country. The joint forums that existed in the traditional system have vanished or become dysfunctional. Management engage with the unions only in the case of long term settlements or during the state of unrest in the company. There is no proactive engagement between the union and the…
Slavery was probably the cruelest crime executed on a black African in the Caribbean. Although there were those who found it to be the norm, there isn’t an inch of doubt that slavery was an evil deed. This research is aimed at enlightening the reader on how the major revolts in Jamaica affected its society.…
Manda, C. (1994) ‘Labour Relations in Malawi,’ paper presented to the Tripartite Seminar for the Promotion of Sound Labour Relations in Malawi, Club Makokola, Malawi, November 28–30…