Maricopa Community Colleges  ECN201   19956-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/23/95
ECN201 19956-20086 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Collective Bargaining
Development of collective bargaining theory and its implications for present day unionism and collective negotiations. Legal and union structure of American bargaining with particular emphasis on how each contributes to the bargaining process. Negotiations, strategy, and issues commonly involved in bargaining.
Prerequisites: None.
Cross-References: LST201
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ECN201   19956-20086 Collective Bargaining
1. Explain the political approach to collective bargaining and provide an example. (I)
2. Explain the concept of "refusal to bargain collectively," including its effects in the United States. (I)
3. Trace the chief legal developments in the legalization of collective bargaining. (I)
4. Compare and contrast Commons' theory, the right-to-work philosophy, and anarcho-syndicalism. (II)
5. Describe the major contributions of the Wagner Act to current bargaining structure. (III)
6. Describe how the Taft-Hartley Act modified the legal process of bargaining. (III)
7. Describe the effects of right-to-work on unions and bargaining. (III)
8. Describe the effect of union structure on the bargaining process. (IV)
9. Describe the level of involvement of the local union in the bargaining process. (IV)
10. Explain the key points a local bargainer should consider when selecting a bargaining committee and developing a bargaining strategy. (V)
11. Identify and describe significant reasons why a local union may reject an agreement and indicate how each problem could have been avoided. (V)
12. Describe major bargaining issues and the importance of agreement safeguards. (VI)
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ECN201   19956-20086 Collective Bargaining
    I. Development of the American system
        A. The political approach to collective bargaining
        B. Refusal to bargain and its effects
        C. Economic unionism as an alternative
        D. John R. Commons and collective bargaining
        E. Legalization of the Commons system
      II. The Commons theory of bargaining
          A. Basic tenets of the theory
          B. The concept of industrial democracy
          C. Differing union and management philosophies
        III. The legal framework of bargaining
            A. The Wagner Act and its effect on bargaining
            B. The Taft-Hartley Act and its contributions
            C. Recent additions to bargaining law-Yeshiva Decision
          IV. Union structure and bargaining
              A. Powers of the AFL-CIO in bargaining
              B. AFL-CIO departments of bargaining
              C. National union structure and bargaining
              D. How union structure can affect the bargaining process
            V. The bargaining process
                A. Choosing a bargaining committee
                B. Issue determination
                C. Bargaining strategy
                D. Selling the agreement to the local
                E. To strike or not to strike?
              VI. Bargaining issues
                  A. Wage and hour packages
                  B. Bargaining fringes
                  C. The importance of psychological issues
                  D. The importance of agreement safeguards
                  E. Is the agreement manageable?
                  F. Do bargaining issues reflect increasing militancy?
                  G. Is a bad bargain worse than no bargain?
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