Case Study

Case Study 1-1

This study focuses on the case of a woman employee who performed very well in her job but got laid off due to her union involvement . Because of her excellent performance , she was tasked to handle an exclusive account serving government customers . However , she later became involved in union activities . She became a vocal supporter of establishing a union at her workplace . As a result , the employee received numerous disciplinary warnings for allegedly being in areas other than her designated workstation . Moreover , her direct line , which customers use

to talk to her , was cut off . The special delivery van intended for her division was also removed . As a result , her work performance suffered , and her customers complained . When a new supervisor was put in place , the employee was laid off based on the poor performance evaluation that she received and the disciplinary warnings The new supervisor was unaware of her union involvement

Answers to Questions

1 . Yes , Fortin was the victim of discrimination against union-related activities . Her employer started to make her life at work difficult after she was seen as a vocal union supporter . Her work performance has been exemplary in the past but as soon as her union involvement became apparent , her employer started giving her disciplinary warnings for flimsy offenses . Moreover , her employer sabotaged her work by removing her direct line and the special delivery van , causing her sales to drop and for complaints to come in

2 . The court should overturn the decision to lay off Fortin . Once a hearing will be held , it will become apparent that Fortin was a victim of antiunion sentiment . The court will know that it was not Fortin 's fault that she could not deliver the same services to her clients , but rather , it was the result of the employer 's manipulation

3 . Employers resist unions despite the existence of the National Labor Relations Act because they see unions as threats to the organization Instead of looking at unions as partners , some employers think of them as their opponents . Also , unions have some sort of control in the organization , and because of this , employers resent them

Case Study 1-2

In this case study , the subject is a nurse aide who was terminated from her work in a nursing home for allegedly failing to report for light duty work when ed to do so . The subject suffered an injury while at work and was told by the doctor to only perform light duty . However the nursing home does not have a light duty policy under the existing collective bargaining agreement . The conflict arose because the aide was ed to report to work to do light duty but she resisted because it 's not part of the current CBA . As a result , she got terminated Moreover , the employer and the union are in the process of negotiating for a new CBA . The usual practice was to let members of the union negotiating team to be excused from work to...