UMAN RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE due 7/15
- 2 assignments-1 essay then 1-discussion with 1 to peer
KEEP essay separate
Read Chapters 11 & 12 in the Textbook Berman, E. M., Bowman, J.S., West, J. P., & VanWart, M. R. (2020). Human Resource Management in Public Service 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication
Assignment #1
After reading Chapters Eleven and Twelve answer the following questions. Submit your answer in a minimum 200 words using APA 6th ed. format. Be sure to use in-text citations, two references excluding the textbook.
Q 1. How is bargaining similar in the public and private sectors? How is it different from one sector to the other?
Assignment #2 this is 2 parts
- Locate and summarize an article related to concepts of this module’s submission box assignment(s) and POST ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD. Discuss your article in relation to the reading (in 200 words) and cite the source of your article using APA format. (This article is NOT required to be a scholarly article however you must provide the article’s citation.)
- Respond to the other student’s article summarize with your opinion of their articles in 150 words for each summarize. Responses such as, “I agree” or “Good idea” are not acceptable and will receive no credit. The response must add to the scholarly dialogue presenting the reasons for your opinion and supporting documentation cited.
Student post:
The Industrial Revolution brought about the advance of labor unions to organize groups of similar trade workers to protect their interests and rights. The number of unions in public and private sectors increased, peaking in the 1940s and 1950s, with membership hovering around 35 percent of workers belonging to unions (Weiss, 2020). Since then, unionization rates have fallen due to a shift from manufacturing jobs to service jobs and states passing right-to-work laws (Weiss, 2020). Today, public sector workers are unionized at 34.8 percent, but private-sector workers unionization is only at 6.3 % (BLS, 2021). The majority of the public sector worker unions are associated with teachers, firefighters, and police. Opponents of unions and collective bargaining rights believe they strain state budgets, so right-to-work laws should be passed (Frandsen, 2016). Proponents of unions and their collective bargaining rights believe that revoking these rights will result in worse pay and benefits and more insufficient quantity and quality of fire, police, and public education services (Frandsen, 2016). Each state differs when it comes to collective bargaining laws. Some states have none, while others permit bargaining but do not require it, while others mandate the duty to bargain (Frandsen, 2016).
In these states where collective bargaining rights are mandated, union membership within these three groups remains at the highest percentages; however, some disparities in pay and working hours between them still exist between them (Frandsen, 2016). For teachers, collective bargaining has moderately reduced their working hours and class sizes but has had minimal effects on their hourly wages (Frandsen, 2016). For firefighters, collective bargaining has not reduced their working hours but resulted in substantially higher hourly wages (Frandsen, 2016). Lastly, collective bargaining has significantly reduced their working hours for police but resulted in only modest increases in their wages (Frandsen, 2016). Occupational mobility is blamed for the differing results. Police officers and firefighters are more apt to relocate to different counties or states for employment while teachers were not (Frandsen, 2016).
States with mandated duty-to-bargain laws realize higher membership rates in unions among these three public employee groups; however, resulting in pay and benefits still have mixed results.
References
BLS. (2021). Union members summary. Washington: U.S. Bureau of. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
Frandsen, B. (2016). The effects of collective bargaining rights on public employee compensation: Evidence from teachers, firefighters, and police. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 69(1), 84-112.
Weiss, H. (2020, May 26). Unions are disappearing. Do we care? Retrieved from Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law: http://ipjournal.law.wfu.edu/2020/05/unions-are-disappearing-do-we-care/
HUMAN RESOURCES PUBLIC SERV
ICE
due 7/15
–
2 assignments
–
1 essay then
1
–
discussion
with 1
responses to peer
KEEP essay separate
Read Chapters
11 & 12
in the Textbook Berman, E. M., Bowman, J.S., West, J. P., & VanWart, M. R.
(2020). Human Resource
Management in Public Service 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication
Assignment
1
After reading Chapters Eleven and Twelve answer the following . Submit your answer in a
minimum 200 words using APA 6th ed. format. Be sure to use in
–
text citations, two references
excluding the t
extbook.
Q 1. How is collective bargaining similar in the public and private sectors? How is it different from one
sector to the other?
Assignment #2 this is 2 parts
1.
Locate and summarize an article related to concepts
of this module’s submission box assignment(s)
and POST ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD. Discuss your article in relation to the reading
(in 200 words) and
cite the source of your article using APA format. (This article is NOT required to be a scholarly article
however you must provide the article’s citation.)
2.
Respond to
the
other student’s article summarize
with your opinion of their a
rticles in 150 words for
each summarize. Responses such as, “I agree” or “Good idea” are not acceptable and will receive no
credit. The response must add to the scholarly dialogue presenting the reasons for your opinion and
supporting documentation cited.
Student post:
The Industrial Revolution brought about the advance of labor unions to organize groups of similar trade
workers to pr
otect their interests and rights. The number of unions in public and private sectors
increased, peaking in the 1940s and 1950s, with membership hovering around 35 percent of workers
belonging to unions (Weiss, 2020). Since then, unionization rates have fal
len due to a shift from
manufacturing jobs to service jobs and states passing right
–
to
–
work laws (Weiss, 2020). Today, public
sector workers are unionized at 34.8 percent, but private
–
sector workers unionization is only at 6.3 %
(BLS, 2021). The majority o
f the public sector worker unions are associated with teachers, firefighters,
and police. Opponents of unions and collective bargaining rights believe they strain state budgets, so
right
–
to
–
work laws should be passed (Frandsen, 2016). Proponents of
and their collective
bargaining rights believe that revoking these rights will result in worse pay and benefits and more
insufficient quantity and quality of fire, police, and public education services (Frandsen, 2016). Each
state differs when it comes to
collective bargaining laws. Some states have none, while others permit
bargaining but do not require it, while others mandate the duty to bargain (Frandsen, 2016).
In these states where collective bargaining rights are mandated, union membership within th
ese three
groups remains at the highest percentages; however, some disparities in pay and working hours
between them still exist between them (Frandsen, 2016). For teachers, collective bargaining has
moderately reduced their working hours and class sizes b
ut has had minimal effects on their hourly
HUMAN RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE due 7/15
- 2 assignments-1 essay then 1-discussion with 1 responses to peer
KEEP essay separate
Read Chapters 11 & 12 in the Textbook Berman, E. M., Bowman, J.S., West, J. P., & VanWart, M. R.
(2020). Human Resource Management in Public Service 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication
Assignment #1
After reading Chapters Eleven and Twelve answer the following questions. Submit your answer in a
minimum 200 words using APA 6th ed. format. Be sure to use in-text citations, two references
excluding the textbook.
Q 1. How is collective bargaining similar in the public and private sectors? How is it different from one
sector to the other?
Assignment #2 this is 2 parts
- Locate and summarize an article related to concepts of this module’s submission box assignment(s)
and POST ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD. Discuss your article in relation to the reading (in 200 words) and
cite the source of your article using APA format. (This article is NOT required to be a scholarly article
however you must provide the article’s citation.)
- Respond to the other student’s article summarize with your opinion of their articles in 150 words for
each summarize. Responses such as, “I agree” or “Good idea” are not acceptable and will receive no
credit. The response must add to the scholarly dialogue presenting the reasons for your opinion and
supporting documentation cited.
Student post:
The Industrial Revolution brought about the advance of labor unions to organize groups of similar trade
workers to protect their interests and rights. The number of unions in public and private sectors
increased, peaking in the 1940s and 1950s, with membership hovering around 35 percent of workers
belonging to unions (Weiss, 2020). Since then, unionization rates have fallen due to a shift from
manufacturing jobs to service jobs and states passing right-to-work laws (Weiss, 2020). Today, public
sector workers are unionized at 34.8 percent, but private-sector workers unionization is only at 6.3 %
(BLS, 2021). The majority of the public sector worker unions are associated with teachers, firefighters,
and police. Opponents of unions and collective bargaining rights believe they strain state budgets, so
right-to-work laws should be passed (Frandsen, 2016). Proponents of unions and their collective
bargaining rights believe that revoking these rights will result in worse pay and benefits and more
insufficient quantity and quality of fire, police, and public education services (Frandsen, 2016). Each
state differs when it comes to collective bargaining laws. Some states have none, while others permit
bargaining but do not require it, while others mandate the duty to bargain (Frandsen, 2016).
In these states where collective bargaining rights are mandated, union membership within these three
groups remains at the highest percentages; however, some disparities in pay and working hours
between them still exist between them (Frandsen, 2016). For teachers, collective bargaining has
moderately reduced their working hours and class sizes but has had minimal effects on their hourly
