Running head: WORKERS RELATIONSHIP 1

Healthy Business-Union Relationship

Rajinder Kaur Saharan (1930865)

MADS 6604 V7

Prof. Shailendra Pathak

Fairleigh Dickinson University

  
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  Organizational unions are created for the benefits of both the employees and the

employers. Although it may seem like the workers reap most of the benefits, their job

satisfaction and happiness working on the job helps to improve performance and increase

productivity. Therefore, in essence, having unions benefit the corporations and governments

through indirectly. No matter where they work, employees should receive protection from unfair

rules, policies, and corporate cultures. Non-unionized companies are not more likely to mistreat

their employees, but when they do, they can get away with it, because workers get no protection

from their unjust policies. Most business organizations want to have full autonomy over hiring

and firing their employees, and many are reluctant to have constraints imposed on them when

workers are unionized. With unions, there are established courses of action for employees to take

when they have certain grievances, and these steps help ensure that they are given fair treatment

and are not being unjustly laid off or demoted in their jobs.

            Collective bargaining is also a common practice in unionized jobs as many members join

hands to discuss working conditions, wage rates or compensation that they want changed. It is

more difficult for management to negotiate with their employees when they are together as a big

group rather than acting individually. In unionized scenarios, the workers have a strong hand in

their negotiations because management risks alienating the entire work force when they act

unfairly.

            To establish a healthy business-union relationship, there needs to be transparency,

openness, honesty, and integrity. Each party has to try to create a mutual benefit for everyone

involved, and it will only work out for everyone when this mutual perspective is established.

Shrewd businesses can take advantage of the unions by using them to work with their employees

rather than against them. The objective is to view employees as part of the same team, rather
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than an adversary. When companies and their unionized staff members work together to establish

a healthy work environment, every party wins. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of all the

parties involved whether they are the worker unions, business organizations, or employees to

create a win-win situation rather than a win-lose one. When a win-win situation is established,

business organizations will appreciate the unions and their contribution toward workers’ morale

and well-being. It has been proven by studies time and time again those happy, well-motivated

employees build success for the businesses they work for.