BA 325 WEEK 5 DISCUSSION-NUMBER OF BARGAINING UNITS.

Number of Bargaining Units

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Number of Bargaining Units

Introduction

A bargaining unit is formed by one authorized association or union which is elected to represent a specific group of employees for a common goal which is collective bargaining. The formed group meets the employer to negotiate about the terms of employment such as wages and working hours whereby they start by establishing the employer-employee relationship since the bargaining unit is a representative of the employees. Instead of an individual negotiating the terms of employment with the employer, a group of employees is elected to form a union that goes before the employer in one voice and as a unit. For example in healthcare industry, a bargaining units is very important since it represents the employees as a collective unit(Tarule, 2013).

Importance of a bargaining unit in healthcare industry

A bargaining unit in healthcare organization is very important because it presents the grievances of all the other employees. Whenever the employees have complaints about the wage rates, they present them to the elected bargaining unit then the unit is able to plead for better wages on behalf of the employees to the employer. It also negotiates on payment of better allowances, good working conditions of employment and other benefits. National Labor Relations Act is a law that allows all the employees to form unions and collectively bargain (Wahn, 2016).

The number of bargaining units in healthcare organization

Healthcare organization is a growing industry and has the largest number of employees compared to other organizations. Therefore for the purpose of petitions, the bargaining units in healthcare organization should be eight in number. The units should include, all the registered nurses, all professionals apart from the physicians and nurses who are registered, all the physicians, the technical employees, employees in the department of clerical works, skilled maintenance employees, all the guards and finally all the employees who are nonprofessional except technical, business office clerical, guards and skilled maintenance employees(Schmidt, 2008)

References:

Tarule, S. (2013). The experiences of nurse practitioners who are represented by a nurses’ union (1st ed.).

Wahn, E. V. (2016). Collective Bargaining Rights of Managerial Employees in the United States and Canada. Labor Law Journal, 27(6), 343.

Schmidt, C. T. (2008). The Question of the Recognition of Principal and Other Supervisory Units in Public Education Collective Bargaining. Labor Law Journal, 19(5), 283.