Beginning or End of Unions
hat changes are needed for unions to maintain support from their membership, the community, and the employers?
•Labor unions are experiencing a decline, which includes political influence and membership. How do politics influence membership decline?
•What generational aspects (i.e., baby boomers, Generation X, Generation Y) have influenced labor unions and will continue to do so?
•What other external dynamics are impacting labor unions? For example, how does the global workforce impact union strategies?
•For unions, where were they, where are they, and where do they need to go to remain or regain an active and viable organization in the 21st century?
The objective of this paper is to share your professional understanding related to labor relations and unions based on theory. Include the theories from the discussions, your readings, and the TCOs reviewed throughout the course in this paper.
•Write a 12- to 15-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that identifies the challenges that unions face in the 21st century (see assignment criteria above).
•Include all aspects of the assignment criteria outlined.
•Use a 12-point Times Roman or Arial font, double spaced, and 1 in. margins as a standard format.
•Do not include extra lines between paragraphs, and so forth.
•You should use theory throughout your paper, which covers the aspects of the TCOs reviewed in the previous weeks.
•You should use a minimum of six scholarly resources.
•DeVry University policies are in effect, including the plagiarism policy: Cite in text when quoting (copying information word for word) or using words and thoughts that are not your own.
•Submit assignments in Word documents only to the Dropbox by the due date.
•Graphs and tables are not needed and should not be used in this paper.
•Grammar, punctuation, spelling, and so forth will all be taken into consideration when awarding points.
•Proofread your papers before submitting; spell check is not foolproof.
•This paper is worth 250 points and will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar, and sentence structure.
