What type of incentives can a supervisor give to his employees in a union environment?
143499
just bide your time - the unions are losing ground everyday
263767
Organizations need promotion policies to provide incentives to employees to work hard in hopes that they can rise through the ranks. If they don't have such a policy and instead hire management from the outside, it can create bitterness among long-time employees who have worked hard. This has happened recently at my company--rather than take a chance on giving a salesman a promotion to assistant manager, they hired someone from another city to come in. It's worked out so far, but not without some hurt egos!
287330
my initial response was money, but i was wrong. people take it for granted, the more money they make. what motivates employees is satisfaction in their job, doing a job they like and is rewarding, feeling a sense of accomplishment, having other people rely on you and appreciate you. and  a little more than a pat on the back
141488
Unions are OLD FASHIONED, yes unions brought us things like WEEKENDS, collective bargaining, striking power. But all of this is lost when you no longer have an unlimited pool of enployment. No unions are not out of control, what is out of control are executive pay scales. If you start a company with YOUR OWN money then you deserve whatever it is you want to take out, but if your like Micheal Eisner who ran Disney it was not his investment and was paid 100 million to do a job....
142813
Justify your raise. List your key accomplishments in your position, how it has benefitted your company, and show how this extra money incentive will drive you to work harder to accomplish more goals. Set high standards and discuss going above and beyond your job responsibilities and what benefits he will see from awarding you the raise.
808386
Unions may have been a good idea in the beginning, but at this point all they successfully do is keep incompetent people in a high paying job.  My husband works for a company with the union, and firing employees for anything that would have gotten them fired from any other job is near impossible.  The workers that don't deserve an increase in pay routinely are awarded for nothing, and receive a salary that is far above what they deserve.  Yet employees that truly deserve raises and bonuses are constricted by the rules, and don't get the recognition they deserve.  There is a reason that many businesses are opting not to have the union involved with their company, it doesn't make sense business-wise.
557251
Whatever is written into the contract.  If you have a labor agreement between union and management you need to know it very well.  \n\nFor example, if seniority rights apply, you cannot transfer or lay off a union employee if there are others with less time on the job.\n\nFor Time & Attendance, does the contract stipulate overtime pay for anything over 8 hours regardless of a 40 hour week?\n\nIf an employee hasn't used all of their alloted vacation time, do they lose it or are they paid for it at the end of the year, according to the contract?\n\nJohnny
526528
This should not be an unfair affair in the working place and rules should basically be the same for all paid employees.  I see this happening today more and more.  Corporations are in for the maximum profit and take advantage of the workers anyway they can.  Unions were supposed to be the buffers between abusive corporations and helpless workers.  If you have a union then tell your union representative otherwise I don't think you have a chance.  You can easily be replaced, if many complain, then they take the jobs abroad where they can buy the government and we can intimidate them with our power, remember, we pay taxes to do that.
1028952
The utilisation of the employee
1110738
Absolutely NOT!  An employer should decide pay raises and benefits based on merit, job performance or evaluation of that individual.\n\nUnions do more harm than good for the company.  And most companies all the way from retail to big business offers very competitive salaries and benefit packages anyway. \n\nYou are talking about an organization form years ago when employees, both adult and children were over worked and paid very little.  It's no longer like that.  \n\nMajor transportation can come to a stand still due to "unions" wanting more benefits for the employees as a whole?  Thus putting the operation of a public utility or service in  the hands of the Unions instead of the Company.  It harms us all as a society that requires the use of public transit systems and airplanes.\n\nEven truck drivers will stop the flow of retail and food delivery.  Which can stop thousands of company's across the US and the world from providing us as the consumer with our daily needs.\n\nNext time you go to catch a plane to visit a family member and see that big "ON STRIKE" sign?  Or you live in New York and wake up one morning for your commute? \n\nAsk yourself THIS question, why does such an antiquated organization as a "Union" still exist?
423660
Get a copy of the union's bylaws.  It should be in there.
349399
First off, are they worth the raise?  If so it is best to sit with this employee and explain that if they want this huge raise they will  have to improve their attitude/moodiness.  Give them a type of probationary period like 90 days and if they improve then go ahead with the raise.  This employee may not even know it.  And always start out with a positive...a good thing about this employee.  You dont want all negatives.
632965
there are not any. Only the Federal minimum wage. Annual increases are up to the company. I have also learned this the hard way...get it in writing when they promise you !!!
437935
I should think the way to go about this would be to take a case study from the website of (a) an employer which is currently being threatened or suffering a strike, and (b) the union representing the striking workers.  Once you have both sides of the dispute, check the web site of the local newspaper for the city where the strike is taking place, and you should have a useful essay.  \n\nI had planned to offer our local bus company as an example, but note that all mention of the recent strike has been removed from their site!  Wonder why . . .
164625
Honestly, dont get creative.  Tell them exactly what you think and dont beat around the bush.  The feedback that you give them needs to help both the employee and YOU as the employer.  Most feedback should be designed to tweek behaviour that will allow you to get more out of the employee.  Remember, they are there to help YOU.
349360
The strike is perceived as the only weapon a union has. Strikes and threats of strikes are used against the employer, but back-room dealing, propaganda and manipulation are used against its own members.\n\nTake, for example, the recent rhetorical device, "It's not about salary, it's about benefits."  Why?  Because benefits are not meted out according to any merit evaluations by the employer.  They are strictly on seniority to the extent they differ at all from one member to another.  That is, the costs of increasing benefits and a salary increase can be comparable, but the union will hype the benefits over the salary factors, because those are more malleable in the union bosses' hands.\n\nAnother reason for benefits fights instead of salary fights is that the salary range is often public information in the course of negotiating a contract.  People reading the paper may say, "Geeze, they're already making more than I do; what are they whining about?"  They do that less with benefits packages, because there is much variation there; not a simple figure which can easily be compared to one's own condition.  \n\nWhen our local bus company was having threats of strikes, the first thing the union did was say no one may work overtime.  This meant that some runs were canceled (two in a row on our line, which made me very mad, sitting at the station unable to get home) and they could cause disruption without actually going on strike.  Also, this destroyed the one thing a driver can do VOLUNTARILY to increase his take-home pay; work overtime.  The one thing where individual choice (the willingness to work longer hours) makes a difference.
1000843
sounds like you are very well spoken and you have your "ducks in a row".\ni would present your case to your supervisor and ask why you are compensated signifcantly less than the people that you are training.\nare you getting compensated for training??  often times, in my experience, trainers usually received more money for training or some other type of compensation or "perk" for the extra work.\nit's very tricky because you don't want to "rock the boat", however, long term employees get the "short end of the stick" sometimes when it comes to wages b/c the employer forgets about their wages and does not perform a wage "wrap" when inflation raises wages in the entry workforce.\ni have also known management employees fight the company b/c they have dedicated many years to the company and someone with a degree comes in and in 2 years they are making the same or more than they are....after many more years of experience.\nthis often leads to management turnover in companies...which i wish they would realize.\n\ni would present your case to your immediate supervisor (or who ever has influence over your salary) and inquire about the possibilty of a raise due to the wages of the newcomers and the fact that you are training them.\nbe prepared for them to tell you that obtaining a degree will help you get there....try to compromise on this.  see if they will increase your wage based on credits earned.  this way you can take one or two classes a semester and start to earn more after 1 semester.  also, get in writing exactly what you agree upon.\n\ni experienced this at the last company i worked for....a supervisor was being deterred from promotion because of his education.  first, he was told that any degree would help.  so, he got his associate's.  then, they said he'd need his bachelor's.  well, he never got anything in writing so he had to deal with the "run around" he was getting from upper management and HR.\n\ni wish you luck, but please have a back up plan in mind in case they tell you "tough luck".\nstart looking into other opportunities at other companies. perhaps, you could find a better salary somewhere else.\n\ntake care.\n\nP.S.\nkeep any negotiations to yourself.  i've seen people blab about their agreements with the company and b/c of it the company renegged or retaliated in some way.