Labor Laws and Unions’ Activities

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                                        Labor Laws and Unions’ Activities

Do you believe the unions were right in not signing to contract? 

            In contracts, all the parties involved have to agree on the terms that have been laid. Signing signifies bonding to the terms of the contract. The unions turning down the offer indicates that the members are not contented, and so a review could be the only way out. The specific details that the union representatives disagreed upon have been stipulated. This includes subcontracting employees outside the union to carry out the tasks that can otherwise be undertaken by the full-time machinists.  It is a matter of the Boeing company management to address the specific details from their end, and come up with a final agreement, but not the union members accepting the terms they are not content with.

Do you believe that it was right for the company to start a new plant in a “right-to-work” state?

            The company has a right to establish corporate centers wherever as long as it legally does so. However, understanding the principles of right to work is important as far as the company’s welfare is concerned. Moving the plant in a “right-to-work” state was right for Boeing Company. As long as the company operates under the labor laws set to the specific state, it is just the strategy to handle the workers and their rights as far as joining or leaving a trade union is concerned.

How do you feel this will affect the future relations between the unions and the company?

            Among the major effects of rivalry between a company and workers after the resolution is victimization. However, in this case, the workers stand as a block, and that is rare in the situation. The terms of the contracts may be tailored in a way that they do not favor the machinists in the union, and thus the external contractors are awarded (Bridegam 156). This will lead to further legal activities between the company and the machinists in the union on the basis of unequal chances.

                                                              Work cited

Bridegam, Martha Ann. Unions and Labor Laws. New York: Chelsea House, 2010. Print.