04 Mar Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
As the corporate labor relations lawyer for a European car manufacturer, building a new facility in Middle Valley, Tennessee, you have been asked by corporate management to draft a position paper regarding the labor relations process at the new plant. Management would like you to address the prompts below.
1. Should we attempt to avoid unionization as other foreign plants have in the area, even though the company’s headquarters are in a European Union (EU) country with strict labor laws? If so, what should be our strategy now and in the future?
2. What should be our strategies, tactics, goals, and process be in collective bargaining?
3. Identify the different laws (i.e., United States versus EU) that might drive the labor relations process.
4. Draft a one-page outline (in bullet point form) of both mandatory and discretionary benefits that the company should offer if the decision is to draft a contract for the new plant.
Unit/Week #7
Labor Relations Position Paper – Continued
Your paper should be eight (8) pages in length to address bullet points 1, 2, and 3. Point 4 should be a separate page to outline concepts for the new contract.
Page 1: Title Page (Include University Name, Course Number and Title, Student Name, Instructor Name and Date of Submission)
Page 2: Introduction (2 paragraphs)
Page 3: Analysis of Union Avoidance
Page 4: Collective Bargaining Strategies, Tactics and Goals
Page 5: Comparison of EU vs. USA labor laws
Page 6: Outline of Mandatory vs. Discretionary Benefits
Page 7: Conclusion (2 paragraphs)
Page 8: References (Use at least three sources with one coming from the CSU Online Library).
Please see above that was provided to us in the live lecture, which is changing the requirement from 5 to 8 pages. Include an Introduction on page 2 with 2 paragraphs, and then move the Analysis of Union Avoidance to page 3, Collective Bargaining Strategies, Tactics and Goals to page 4, Comparison of EU vs. USA labor laws to page 5, and Page 6 on Outline of Mandatory vs. Discretionary Benefits, should be a one-page draft outline in bullet form. Create page 7: Conclusion with 2 paragraphs.
