BUS 2025 - Labor Relations

1. Demonstrate effective communication skills in written and spoken form.
2. Use established techniques to perform critical analysis of information and to propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis.
3. Demonstrate teamwork skills in conjunction with problem-solving, decision-making, critical-thinking, and other transferable skills necessary for employment.
4. Identify the rights and responsibilities of unions and management.
5. Determine the origins, concepts, and problems associated with the collective bargaining process.
6. Outline the structure of the labor movement and describe the functions labor unions perform at national and local levels.
7. Identify and explain the principal federal laws that provide the framework for labor relations.
8. Describe the process by which unions organize employees.
9. Explain the process and procedures involved in negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
10. Describe the forms of bargaining power that a union and an employer may utilize to enforce their bargaining demands.
11. Describe a typical union grievance procedure.
12. Explain the basis for arbitration awards.
13. Apply an objective, flexible, and collaborative approach to problem resolution.
14. Express an informed opinion about the labor relations actions taken by management and unions in contemporary environments.

1. Contemporary labor relations and their outcomes
2. Historical development of the labor union
3. Organization ethics in employee relations
4. Labor law
5. Labor and management: strategies, structures, and rights
6. Union organizing
7. Labor relations process
8. Impasse, strikes, and dispute resolution
9. Contract clauses and their administration
10. Comparative labor relations: private/public sector, federal government, academic, foreign countries and non-traditional sectors
11. Contemporary challenges to labor relations