USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By threatening to limit the supply of labor, unions generate bargaining power, which they use to negotiate improved terms and conditions for covered employees, including wages. This power can also be used to resist downward pressure on wages, such as employer efforts to cut or freeze wages in an economic downturn.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Unionizing raises the prospect of layoffs or closure.” “It’s possible that contract negotiations could make terms of employment worse than they are now.” “Unionizing means you would have to go on strike.” “You would lose the ability to speak for yourself once you’re a union member.”

Detailed explanation-3: -A labor union is a group of two or more employees who join together to advance common interests such as wages, benefits, schedules and other employment terms and conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Collective bargaining is the process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and family, and more.