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| Basic Labor Relations System Differences: US(5) |
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Definition
1.Business Unionsism
2. Decentralized Bargaining
3. Union vs. Non-union
4. Blue Collar Unionism
5. Employment-at-will |
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| Basic Labor Relations System Differences: other countries (5) |
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Definition
1. Political unionism
2. Sectoral Bargaining
3. Legal Extension
4 Blue and white collar
5. Employment Regulation--explicit adminstrative legislation oversight |
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Term
| Bargaining Country in Germany, Japan and US: |
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Definition
| Sectoral, Enterprise( Spring offensive), U.S. decentralized |
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| Union structure in Germany, Japan and US |
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Definition
| sectoral, enterprise, industrial or craft |
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| Information Sharing in Japan, Germany, US |
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Definition
| Co-determination, Consultation, contractual, informal |
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| complaint procedure: Germany, Japan, U.S. |
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Definition
| Labor Court, consultation, contractual, informal |
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| layoff system Germany, Japan, U.S. |
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Definition
| Social plans-guest workers, lifetime employment, seniority, employment at will |
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| Compensation: Germany, Japan, US |
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Definition
| industry annual agreement, sernority based ( bonuses company and individual) contract, cola, job evaluation (merit, ex. bonuses) |
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Term
| Key features of German, Japanese, US union and non-union systems |
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Definition
1. co-determination
2. enterprise consultation
3. contract
4. Employment at will |
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Term
| Value of comparative ir systems: |
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Definition
we learn more about our own ir systems by contrasting it with others
we cant test theories or propositions with comparative anaylsis
the other countries are important in their own right
key ir system differences of u.s. vs. most other countries |
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Term
| Five Reasons why public sector bargaining is important |
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Definition
1. Public sector is a sizeable compotent of our economy-35%
2. The public sector work force is heavily organized
3.The largest and wealthiest unions are now public sector unions
4.The growth of CB in the public sector in the mid-1960s was an important exception to post World War II union decline
5. Public sector is different- isn't covered by the NLRA, state law applies, the laws vary |
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Term
| Pre-1960s CB in public sector |
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Definition
1. Sovernigty doctrine applied by many courts
2. Sporadic unionism
3. Why is the unionism so late in coming? In part because civil service was the alternative, courts also restricted unionism |
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Definition
1. Rapid growth in public sector unionism
2. Some links to the civil rights movement-MLK, sanitation strike |
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Term
| Mid 1970s and early 1980s in public collective bargaining |
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Definition
1. Tax payer revolt
2. platueaing of public sector growth
3. Concession bargaining in major cities |
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