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Labor Relations Project: Case Study
Case Study
The organization is a medium-sized independent living home, Happy Trails, LLC. It is a for-profit facility located in a suburban environment. Due to traffic and road congestion, this eldercare facility is the most convenient independent living home near the city. Independent living homes in the city offer many of the same services as Happy Trails, but are more expensive. There are also a number of hospitals that the elderly may go to for acute health care issues.
In a response to the changing economy and patient access from the suburban areas to the city, Happy Trails has taken some measures to compete and become more attractive, and build on its long-term care for patients in the surrounding areas. It has reduced overtime allotments of its seasoned patient care staff, and has terminated several registered nurses. As the registered nurses have left Happy Trails, they were replaced by Licensed Practical Nurses (Lens), who receive lower compensation and fewer benefits.
The health care facilities in the city have been unionized and are well represented by an experienced union business agent. The union has recently negotiated superior wages and benefits at the independent living homes in the city.
In terms of the health care professionals employed there, Happy Trails is not so happy now because the union representing the other facilities has gotten the attention of the Happy Trails Lens.
As a Learning Team, you are a group of individuals who are members of a consulting firm. You are responsible for representing these Lens and advising them regarding the following questions:
The requirements of the Learning Team:
a. The Lens have asked for your advice:
1) What would you advise the Lens to do? Should they unionize? What are the advantages and disadvantages of unionizing at Happy Trials?
2) What issues might the union raise during the organizing effort?
3) What steps should the Lens follow to unionize?
4) What unfair labor practices need to be avoided by Lens?
b. The independent living home management team has asked for your advice:
1) What would you advise the independent living home management to do? Should they oppose unionization?
2) What arguments or defenses might the hospital raise to the union€™s organizing issues?
3) If the company elects to resist unionization, what steps should the company follow?
4) What unfair labor practices need to be avoided by management?
c. Happy Trails management team could engage in any number of activities during the unionization. Which of the following would you advise? Why or why not?
1) Actively promote Lens, offer bonuses, and place some into leadership and management roles.
2) Tell employees salary increases will cease in order to finance the collective bargaining agreement.
3) Explain current employee benefits to the Lens, comparing them to the union promises.
4) Threaten to close the facility due to the union campaign.
5) Assist in the circulation of anti-union petitions.
6) Counter union exaggerated claims on flyers.
7) Tell employees they do not need to talk to union organizers, that they can vote against the union, and that the independent living home does not welcome the union.
8) Solicit employees to request the return of their authorization cards.
9) Tell employees they will be replaced if they vote for the union.
10) Appeal to the employees to defeat the union.
e. Include a description of the specific labor laws that cause you to include as you have on the forgoing, and why.
f. Fully discuss your responses to each of the foregoing, and include applicable references.
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