Assignment Introduction
Today’s social and economic conditions in the workplace differ greatly from when unions developed. Over time, changing societal and economic conditions have affected perspectives on the value a union might bring to the workplace, as well as what roles they might have in the future. Laws and regulations dealing with compensation, benefits, and working conditions have been developed, which address many of the concerns unions dealt with in the past.
Despite this, unions have continued. Private sector union membership has ebbed, but public sector unions are still robust in many areas. This assignment calls for you to consider what issues public sector unions are likely to face now and in the future, what perceived value they might have in the workplace of the future, and how changing mindsets, societal values, and an evolving legal and regulatory environment will impact public administrators seeking to work effectively with public sector unions in the future.
Assignment Instructions
In previous assignments, you explored the development and evolution of unions from past to present. In this assignment, you will reflect upon the continued evolution of unions into the future. In an 8–10-page paper, complete the following:
Evaluate the workplace issues unions are likely to address now and in the future.
Provide examples to support your arguments.
Evaluate how public and private sector unions are viewed differently today and how they may be viewed differently in terms of relevance and function in the future.
Consider that historically, disputes between labor and management have been resolved in a contentious manner. Evaluate how dispute resolution between labor and management will evolve in the future, based upon modern leadership theories and changing expectations of labor-management relations in the workplace and society.
Consider that when unions were initially formed, compensation and benefits were largely unregulated by law. Analyze how evolving legislation and regulatory acts at the local, state, and federal levels have affected the relevance of public sector unions.
Provide analysis of how the public sector union role in this area will evolve over time.
Submission Requirements
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA format: Resources and citations must be formatted according to current APA style and formatting. When appropriate, use APA-formatted headings.
Resources: Your ideas must be supported with relevant scholarly sources that are dated within the past five years and are properly cited and referenced in current APA style. There is no minimum number of citations for this paper.
Length of paper: 8–10 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page, references, and if included, an abstract.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
