Labor Contract Essay

In this Case Assignment we will look at actual labor contracts to experience the content and detail involved.

Go to the following source:

United States Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Collective Bargaining Agreements. Retrieved from https://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/cba/index.htm

Select two labor contracts, each representing a different industry group. Discuss (in your own words): How the two contract sections on employee grievance handling differ and are the same (paying close attention to the definition of “grievance”; grievance processing steps, mediation and/or arbitration and other important topics in the clause). Compare and contrast their employee discipline/discharge clauses. Summarize by bringing in your module readings and/or library research to discuss the impact grievance handling might have on employee relations.

The collective bargaining agreement spells out how each side will conduct themselves if and when labor disputes arise and defines how matters related to employee complaints and misconduct will be resolved. It is important to note that, “The labor agreement is not a contract of employment; employees are hired separately and individually, but the tenure and terms of their employment once in the unit are regulated by the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement” (Collective Bargaining Agreement Definition, 2017, para 5). While collective bargaining agreements between public and private sector unions are very similar, there are key differences between the two. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast grievance, mediation and employee discipline procedures of a public and private section collective bargaining procedures and this paper will show how grievance handling procedures affect employee