Task: Busco Electric Utility
You are Anita Louise, the very first Vice President of Human Resources for Busco, an Electric Utility company with corporate headquarters in Denver, Colorado. None of Busco's employees are union in spite of the fact that the utility industry is heavily organized; to date Busco has no unions at any of its 8 plants across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. One of your objectives is to assure the company has appropriate programs and policies in place to continue to operate union-free. You immediately are assigned to deal with a potential disaster - Mildred Smit, the recently hired Plant Manager for the Busco-Chicago facility. She reports to Steve Zellner, the Vice President of Operations at the headquarters. The Chicago plant has 350 employees of which approximately 275 work in the plant as skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled laborers. The rest of the employees work in the office as managers, supervisors, and clerical workers.
TASK:
You need to get Mildred acquainted with the basics of unions. Do research on how unions are organized. Then, answer the following questions you anticipate her raising:
What are the major types of unions? Give examples of each.
What are the different levels of unions? Give examples of each.
Give 2-3 examples of public sector unions.
What are the steps in union organizing campaign?
What is salting? What is the Supreme Court's decision on salting?