Sociology 325 Extra Credit Assignment
Possible 1.8 points on first exam: That’s the equivalent of 4 and ½ questions from
the multiple choice part of the test). Put another way, it is like adding 1.8 to your
final grade.
This is assignment is designed to make you apply the ideas we have been considering over the
last several weeks. You can pick a case from the ones I provide below, or you can use google or
the website of a major newspaper (i.e. the New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirers, etc.) to
find a different example of a more recent collective bargaining case.
Read the article and provides answers to the following questions. FOR FULL EXTRA CREDIT
YOU MUST FIND AN ARTICLE/CASE THAT PROVIDES ENOUGH INFORMATION TO
ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
1. What union was involved in the case that you examined? (.1 points)
2. Who was the employer? (.1 points)
3. Was your example a case of multi-employer bargaining, single-employer multi-site, or single
employer multi site? Be sure to explain your reasoning (.8 points)
Multi-employer
(Centralized)
Single-Employer- Multi-Site
Single Employer-Single Site
(De-centralized)
IBEW an the Penn-Del-Jersey
Chapter of the National
Electrical Contractors
Association
UFCW 1776 and State of PA
Wine and Liqour Stores
SEIU Local 32 BJ and NY
City Realty Advisory Board
Association of Flight
Attendants United Airlines
NJEA Teachers in all schools
in Cherry Hill and School
District
United Autoworkers and Ford
NFL and Player’s Association
UFCW and Smithfield
Pennsylvania Association of
Staff Nurses and Temple
University
Retail, Wholesale and
Department Store Union and
Motts
4. What were the main subjects that labor and management disagreed on? Were they mandatory
or permissive subjects of bargaining? (.8)
CASES YOU MAY WAN TO CHOOSE FROM:
Cleaning Contractors and Service Employees International in Los Angeles, 2000
Cleaning Contractors and Service Employees International in Boston, Fall 2002
UPS and Teamsters, Summer 1997
A.E Staley and United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU) Fall 1992/Sping 1993
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General Motors and United Autoworkers, Fall 2003
Caterpillar and United Autoworkers, Spring 1995
Bridgestone/Firestone and United Rubber Workers, Winter 1996
Southern California Grocery Stores and UFCW, Fall 2003
Yale University and Hotel Employee and Restaurant Employee Union, Fall 2003
Verizon and Communication Workers of America, Fall 2003
American Airlines and Allied Pilots Association, Winter 1997
The Philadephia Catholic School Strike, Fall 2003
The Westchester Public School Strike, Fall 2003
New York City and Uniformed Firefighters Association, Fall 2002
Broadway Theaters and American Federation of Musicians, Winter 2002