Labor Laws Brief Introduction on Term Paper

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Individuals are in fear in regards to their own personal finances. Unemployment is high, individuals are saving more, and the future is very unlikely in regards to economic prosperity. This is in turn beyond the control of the current legislation and can not be altered unless a subsequent change in consumer sentiments is enacted.

This affects homeland security because its funding source, the consumer, is not spending. If the consumer is not spending, then less income is generated by the government. If less income is generated by the government, the defense budget will not be adequately funded. If the homeland security budget is not properly funded then union workers will get laid off or fired, thus reducing the union's power. We will see real world examples of this in the section below.

Research relating to police unions, firefighter unions and collective bargaining

Labor Unions have power as they can control the supply of labor to a particular community.
As such, many unions must negotiate deals of employment with their employers. The more individuals apart of a union, the more powerful the unions influence is on the particular organization that utilizes their services. For example, auto workers and car manufactures consistently negotiate terms of deals. In many instances, union negotiations can turn sour as was the case with the Police Union and Jacksonville (1). In this situation, the police union made demands that the city of Jacksonville thought were unwarranted. The issue at hand was that of pay cuts. America is in the midst of economic turmoil as I have mentioned above in the homeland security section. As I alluded to in the section, consumers are not spending and that.....

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