More companies are willing to endure strike periods by taking on temporary workers or outsource the labor to offshore locations (Cascio, 2010). For the USPS, union bargaining has caused the wages and benefits to account for 80% of the organization’s budget (Carbaugh & Tenerelli, 2011). Collective bargaining since the passage of the PRA has caused the organization to be conscious of the working conditions for the workers and to be mindful of taking any actions that might result in workers filing grievances with the union. One positive effect is that union bargaining has created an environment of mutual respect and dependency for survival. For example, the USPS provides a service that requires domestic labor, but it cannot consider outsourcing labor offshore, and the union cannot make demands that would cause financial difficulties for the
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Servicing the customer Jarrod Jones MGT/311 January 10, 2012 Paul Blake As a consultant for Riordan Manufacturing, it is our responsibility to seek out areas within Riordan Manufacturing that need development or process improvement. After reviewing Riordan as a business entity there a few areas that could stand to adapt to the future growing potential this business has to offer. The main area of implementation that will be discussed in this paper is the Customer. Customer service can be detrimental to a business, according to Whittaker (2012), “70% of Americans are willing to spend an average
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