Memo to Management: The Impact of Union Representation and a CBA on an Organization

Memo to Management: The Impact of Union Representation and a CBA on an Organization
(250 points) 4 page minimum, not including the Title or References pages

You have joined an organization in a management HR position. Employees recently conducted a successful unionization campaign, NLRB conducted a secret ballot election, the union won, and the organization is now newly operating under a negotiated CBA.

You have been asked by your HR Director to write a memo to management and supervisors advising them of new expectations for management in the now unionized environment. (How will functions change?) Your memo must address the following:

A.  Legal Rights:

Identify and discuss one NLRA legal right and one NLRA prohibition for each of the following groups: 

• Management
• Employees 
• Union Representative  

B.  Administrative Functions:

Unionization of an organization and the negotiation of a CBA impact and modify administrative functions. Discuss how the new CBA potentially changes each of the following management/supervisory functions. Please be specific. Provide an example. Use a subheading for each.

• Performance Management/Evaluation of Employees  
• Employee Discipline & Termination 
• Promotion & Job Security
• Determination of union employee Wages and Benefits
• Health and Safety of Workplace

C. Organizational Costs:

Identify Potential Increased Organizational Costs With a Union: 

Format:

• This is a Memo to Management. Use Memo Format!
• Use headings/subheadings to separate the topics. 
• Times New Roman 12 pt. font.
• Title Page, Reference Page APA format preferred
• Support your answers! You must use a minimum of four (4) references including one from the course materials.

In writing a memo one must clearly identify the objective of the memo. When you receive a memo “from the boss” you consider questions such as: Why am I receiving this, What is being required of me? These questions must be briefly answered right up front. Tell the recipients who you are, why they are receiving this memo, and what you expect of them.

Create a name for your organization and union.