Pad 7:49 PM 49%) Instructions: Read the case on the following pages that uses a
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Pad 7:49 PM 49%) Instructions: Read the case on the following pages that uses a real-life management-union relationship as the basis fora fictionalized (but realistic) situation regarding the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement. After reading the case, your assignment is to go gvent-by-event and determine whether not there are Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) occurring. Specifically, for cach event you are to do the following: I. Determine what the potential unfair labor practices (ULPS NLRA violations) might be for each scenario, even if you don't ultimately conclude that they are in fact unfair labor practices. Essentially tell me why the union or management might have an argument for filing a ULP charge with the NLRB. In doing this, be sure to identify which specific actions by either labor and management are problematic, why you believe they are problematic, and which specific sections of the NLRA each side's actions might be in violation of. After discussing the potential ULP violations in #1, offer a final Judgment on which specific actions by either the union or management are in fact ULPs/violations, including a detailed rationale for why you ultimately concluded that way. Tips for the Case: I. Understand that the most important part of the assignment is explainingjustifying your thoughts and conclusions. I don't care so much about what you conclude regarding whether there has been a ULP but more so about your reasoning this is the area where you will win or lose points. Even if I don't ultimately agree with your conclusion, if you build a compelling case for it by providing sound reasoning and explanation, you'll get most of the points 2. Think about how you want to structure your case write-up before writingt. I would recommend that you structure it by going through the case incident-by-incident (chronologically), but you could also structure it by taking each side's potential violations one at a time (i.e. discuss the union's violations, then management's), or perhaps some other way. But make sure that the write-up flows and makes sense to a reader. 3. Remember that I'm grading not just on content of the report, but also on style. This means that the usual graduate-level expectations regarding spelling, grammar, punctuation, report structure and flow etc. are expected here as well. Company Caterpillar Ine. (www.cat.com) is a world-leading manufacturer and retailer of heavy industrial machinery that is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. Their products and services include construction resource extraction machinery (bulldozers, backhoes, hauling trucks, etc), heavy-duty engines, and financial services (including loans and insurance) for commercial/industrial customers. Caterpillar (hereafter refered to as "CAT is a multi-billion dollar company, with over $65 billion in revenue and over $5.5 billion in profit in the year 2016 alone. CAT has an extensive network of production and retail facilities all over the US, as well as significant international operations including both production facilities and retail outlets, making them a truly multi-national corporation. CAT employs over 90,000 total employees worldwide, with roughly 40,000 of those employees working within the US and 50,000 working in overseas operations.Explanation / Answer
In here we can understand cat is a reputed firm.here the problem is at the struggling time of company reduced the wages pf employees after recovering financial problems they not increased properly
1)here company managers decide to do not want to increasese wages of workers.instantly management saying that money can use for health care but the workers leader not agree for that management are discussing with 100 leaders.both sides have already start a public relation campaign in the local press,starting their positions and reasoning publicalyto build public support.
2)another problem union leaders saying they did't get much time for bargaining and also they did't pay for time spend for bargaining .this is ethically wrong beacuse this bargaining also part of company operations the company must want to pay for them.
3)after some discussion initial session end .some compramise taken both side
4)the bargaining is continuing non stop they are discussing about facts about over time 8 hours work e.t.c....
Caterpillar has used the ongoing repercussions of the 2008 economic breakdown, and resulting collapse in global sales, to press for further concessions from workers. Declining growth rates in China, the drop in the price of oil and other commodities, and overall global stagnation have led to dwindling sales of Caterpillar’s earth-moving, construction and mining equipment. While the company’s profits have been steadily declining from a peak of nearly $6 billion in 2012, last year saw the sharpest fall, with $67 million in losses.
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