Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining

What is it?

• Union negotiates for workers

Who was it used by?

• Labor unions

What was it impact on labor unions?

• Membership gains

Multiple Choice

In the United States, organized labor made its greatest membership gains when

• the right to unionize and bargain collectively was guaranteed by legislation

• international competition began to threaten jobs in the United States

• the major business groups encouraged unionization

• the economy began to shirt from manufacturing to service employment

Multiple Choice

The American Federation of Labor (AFL), led by Samuel Gompers, proposed that the union should negotiate for all the workers. This idea is called

• affiliated servicing.

• unified negotiating.

• collective bargaining

• joint contracting

Open Ended

Imagine you are representing someone who wants to discuss their job.For example, someone drafted last night in the NFL Draft, your favorite actor/actress, one of your parents,anyone who wants more. Explain your demands for them and include as much as you can...or you can choose someone on the other end of the spectrum and describe their demands