Should the Union Represent Slick Willie Owens? Walleye Productions developed a f
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Should the Union Represent Slick Willie Owens? Walleye Productions developed a f cooperative relationship from the b with each ick wille Owens had always cdaimed himself to be three year contract in the fall of 2012. The other. The company maintained trictly by the rules. The company agreed to independent, believing that he never had to rely on of anyone else to help him. Willie started out with the lliye Productions plnt in Walleye. Florida as a ties have acted professionally in dealin laborer 14 years ago and worked his way to a fork lift ces who would not be laid off. There were many com pany's right to formulate reasonable rules for e Com. plaints among the more senior employees that the behavior. One of these formulated rules f company did not give consideration to their long ser- vice with the company, instead, the supervisors operator and then to shipping clerk. Back in 2008 dur- must be for just cause. The IUW accepted the ing the economic recession, Walleye lakd off about one grievance arbitration procedure and tha third of its employes; the supervisors selected employ hebspewisesn adaketendaineg working hours will be caese On January 1, 2015, Slick Willie attended a New behavior was: "Being under the influence ch ut the ones they believed to be the hardest work for immediate termination." ers, many of whom were the youngest, even some who had just been hired Year's party to watch the football bowl games. Wille In 2009, the word got around that Walleye execu was surrounded by his old buddies who were drinkin tives had made a secret trip to Mexico to investigate having some of the manufacturing done in Mexico. had to report to work the following day but yielded to Of course, this information outraged many of the the temptation when he was offered a smoke. Since he employes who had worked for the company for had been drinking a little too much, Willie smoked many years. Soon afterwards, some of the more senior little too much. Knowing Walleye had a random beer and smoking a little marijuana. Willie knew that b ntacting a union. They con policy, Willie believed that his chances of being tested tacted the International Union Representative of the were slim. Willie was wrong. Willie was selected to be Industrial Union Workers (lUW) who represented tested and Willie tested positive. The results were con employees at another plant in Walleye. The Interna- firmed and Willie was terminated by the end of the da tional Union Representative called for a meeting at the union lodge and about 40 Walleye employees Willie filed a grievance and claimed that the smok ing of marijuana was a single incident, that it was his showed up and signed union authorization cards first offense, and that he Two weeks later the IUW had 150 signatures on the union authorization cards. was a long-term employee with a good service record of 14 years. The company position was that the rules were reasonable, clear, and The IUW requested to be recognized, but the com communicated to pany denied recognition. The IUW then filed for a itive and the company's position was that it could not representation election with the NLRB. During the make an exception for Willie because the company campaign in the late 2011 and early 2012, Slick Willie would without doubt be faced with similar situations continued to claim his independence, that he had made later and not applying the rule now would have an it this far without any union, and that he didn't need the union now. During the campaign when Willie was approached by co-workers in the shipping department who supported the union, Willie told them: " all employees. Willie had tested pos- effect of nullifying the rule Willie went to the union to represent him. Willie claimed that the union had a duty to represent all ba the union gets in. I don't have to join. The union stil as to represent me. I get everything you guys get, and I don't have to pay them one red dime Even if gaining unit employees and he held a job within the join. The union still bargaining unit. At the next membership meetin After a lively organizing campaign, the employees by 174 to 144 to be represented by the IUW. Afterwards, the IUW was successful in negotiating a there was a backlash among the membership to repre senting Willie because they remembered what Wilh voted had has here is a guy who spoke out against the g campaign and that he never joined the union. The members claimed tn the union, neverExplanation / Answer
Ans 1. The Main argument of willie's is the international union of workers has a duty to repersent all bargaining unit employess and he held a job within the bargaining unit. The second Argument is that the smoking of marijuna is a single incident and it is his first offence.
Ans 2. The union members argument is when they had asked from willie during the organising campiagn for the support he had said he will never join the union and never paid red-dime to support the union.
Ans 3.Yes, this proposal is fair to willie.
Ans 4. The law of NLRB gives the right to act together to try to improve the pay and working conditions. if employee are fired, suspended or otherwise penalized for taking part in protected group activity, then NLRB fight to restore what was unlawfully taken away. In the case of willie NLRB fight for him because as law its not neccessory for a employee to ba a part of union or not.
Ans 5. I have voted in favor of union. because his respone to joined the union is negative.
Ans 6. Take same action that management has taken.