Unions are the organization of employees for the purpose collective bargaining with employers. Labor relations is the management specialty emphasizing skills that managers and union leaders can use to minimize costly forms of conflict and to seek win-win solutions to disagreements (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2004, p.470). This paper will review labor relations, unions, and their effect on an organization. An employment union is defined as organization of employees formed to bargain with an …showed first 75 words of 1188 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1188 total…hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-04,GGLG:en&defl=en&q=define:union&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title Domini (2006) retrieved August 5, 2006, from http://www.domini.com/Social-Screening/Employee-Relations/Issue-Briefs/brief_union.doc_cvt.htm Noe, R., Hollenbeck, J.R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P.M. Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. (2004). New York: McGraw