Are Labor Unions Still Relevent in the United States

Q&A: Are Labor Unions Relevant in the United States?
MGT431/Human Resources Management

Define unions and labor relations and their effect on organizations.
A Union, also known as a, workers' association, organized labor, trade union, staff association, syndicate, is an organization of wage earners set up to serve and advance its members' interests in terms of wages, benefits, and working hours and conditions ( Encarta,2011).
Labor relations is the study and practice of managing unionized employment Labor relations is regulated in the private sector by the National Labor Relations Act, the public sector by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, in addition to other state and federal registration (Devinatz, 2004).
Labor unions can provide a cohesive team of employees with an incentive to perform at top level. Conversely labor unions can restrict the number of employees in a company or industry to increase the wages, slow down economic growth, and delay recovery from recession (Sherk, 2011).

Are unions still relevant in the United States?
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In the current global economy, where American workers are increasingly replaced by workers   in other countries; union-friendly industries, like manufacturing, are practically extinct in the United States.   Union leaders leaders claim organized labor is still relevant in the United States, based on declining benefits, growing job insecurity, and declining wages. In the service industry, employees receive low wages and tend to be women, immigrants and members of minority groups that have all been traditionally more receptive to unionization (Greenhouse,2011).   Key variables to consider include morale, benefits and compensation, and performace satisfactin
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