Political Science

Q1. Collective bargaining and labor relations are quite important in building a strong and reliable employer-employee relationship for the good of the organization. Through collective bargaining, employees stand a higher chance of having their grievances addressed by their employer (Katz. et al, 2008). Quality labor relations serve to improve the morale and work satisfaction among workers in an organization as it makes them feel part of the organization.

For the organization, collective bargaining can help management in resolving employee concerns as a group. This is much easier than dealing with individual employees. Collective bargaining also tends to give employees a sense of job security. Therefore, the company will be assured of long term existence of its trained and qualified employees. Effective labor relations serve to reduce employer-employee conflicts, a crucial factor in ensuring sustainable employee engagement thus realizing competitive advantage in an organization (Katz. et al, 2008).

Q2. Some of my basic assumptions about labor and conflict are that in any society competition for resource is bound to be. Employer-employee conflicts are due to feeling of unfair distribution of these resources. Another assumption about labor and conflict is that they arise due to structural inequality in an organization. Employers are always out to maximize profits by using their employees thus an inequality on sharing benefit will always exist between employers and employees (Katz. et al, 2008).
Revolution as a tool for realizing change in a society is also another assumption. Competing sides will always engage in conflict to change things for the better rather than adapting to current condition. The last assumption is that, even at the verge of breaking an organization, employer-employee conflicts will always lead to change for the better of both employee and employer if well utilized.