Describe the pros and cons of union mergers for (a) two unions that represent
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DeVry HRM 330 Week 3 Discussion
MODULE 3: UNION MERGERS
Describe the pros and cons of union mergers
for (a) two unions that represent workers in the same industry, and (b) two
unions that represent workers in different industries. Should U.S. law
encourage, discourage, or remain neutral on union mergers?
DeVry HRM 330 Week 3 Assignment
MODULE 3: LABOR RELATIONS PRESENTATION – HR STRATEGY
RESPONDING TO A UNION ORGANIZING DRIVE
This is an individual PowerPoint presentation
assignment. Read through the scenario listed below under Assignment Overview
and respond.
The title of the assignment is HR Strategy
Responding to a Union Organizing Drive. The scenario asks you to analyze the
issues and develop a course of action on behalf of the listed company. Prepare
a PowerPoint presentation that you would present to the corporate CEO and Board
of Directors from your roles as the Executive Vice-President over Human
Resources. In your presentation:
- Outline your various alternatives in responding to the union
demands
- Develop and support a specific recommended course of
action for senior management.
Assignment Overview
Empyrean Hotel is a 550 room hotel located in
the heart of downtown adjacent to the local convention center, of mid-sized
Midwestern metropolitan area. Empyrean is the largest hotel in the city, and is
a full-service hotel with restaurants, bars, meeting rooms, and the ability to
host convention attendees, local business organizations in need of meeting
space, weddings and receptions. It is also commonly used by out of town
visitors who come for the graduation ceremonies and home football games of the
major college located nearby, as well as those that frequent the new casino
that opened just three miles from downtown.
All of the major hotels in this city are
unionized, including the Empyrean, but the Empyrean being the largest hotel in
the area is often used by the Union to set the marketplace for salary and
benefit concessions. The current, agreement between the Empyrean employees and
management is set to expire in thirty days, right before the start of the next
college football season with the hotel fully booked for the home football
weekends that will be commencing shortly.
The economy has been steadily growing since
the last time a labor agreement was reached five years ago on the heels of a
recession. Unemployment is low, and future economic growth is expected to be
positive and steady, though far from booming.
Two years ago the current union leader of the
local Empyrean Hotel union was elected to a four year term. Much of the support
for the new union leader came from single mothers whom the union leader won
over by her pledge of obtaining day care benefits and flexible scheduling,
along with a fair raise in the upcoming negotiations with management. Because
the economy was weak five years ago when the last employee package was
negotiated the Union then agreed to small wage increases and minimal benefits
improvements. The Union leadership considers this rounds of negotiations to be
important as they will lead the way for all others in the local industry as
many other hotel agreements will come up for renegotiation shortly after the
Empyrean negotiations.
The Empyrean Hotel management however
believes that too much of the hotel profits are being eaten up by an overly-generous
wage and benefit package for the rank and file. They are also worried about the
growing threat of Airbnb listings growth in the local market and are concerned
that occupancy rates and profits are likely to decline in the short and long
term due to this increasing demand. Your job as the Executive Vice-President
over Human Resources is to provide advice on how to respond to the Union
demands for daycare benefits, flexible scheduling, and pay increases 3% above
inflation each year for the next five years.
Preparing for this Assignment
Read through the scenario. Spend some time
analyzing what actions you would recommend that the company take from your
roles as the head of Human Resources.
Assignment Criteria
- Develop a 10-15 slide presentation to address the issues presented.
- You are the Executive Vice-President over Human Resources
- Read through the scenario.
- Outline your various alternatives in responding to the union
demands
- Develop and support a specific recommended course
of action to present to upper management.
- The presentation should include theory application.
In other words, once you have conducted your analysis, what theories link
to the Labor Relations processes/functions? For example, spend a little
time justifying the recommendations you made to upper management. Why
should management pursue your team’s suggestions? What analysis have you
done that makes the team’s recommendations viable? What are the pros and
cons of the recommendations?
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Item
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Criteria
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Points
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Introduction/Conclusion
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Introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews
major points. Conclusion is logical, flows from the body of the paper, and
reviews the major points.
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20
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Content
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All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way.
Major points are stated clearly, are supported by specific details (examples
or analysis), and are organized logically.
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80
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Theory
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The presentation links theory to relevant examples of current
experience and industry practice, and uses the vocabulary of the theory
correctly.
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60
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Presentation
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Your slides are easy to read, your PowerPoint is organized.
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20
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Professionalism
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Your presentation is professional, easy to understand and well
developed.
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20
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Total Points
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200
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HRM 330 MODULE 3: COURSE PROJECT (DUE WEEK 7)
Keep working on the Course Project paper. You
may want to be conducting a brief literature review to see what topics that are
in the news or in the online library may be helpful as you focus on your topic.

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