HRMG 720 Davenport University Week 5 RTW Laws and Janus Discussion Questions

Using the Discussion Board Rubric listed below for the specific grading criteria, develop an initial response to the following: As of 2018 there are 28 ‘Right to Work’ states, the most recent being Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri (all since 2012). In addition, the U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 (June 27, 2018) which held that a public employer’s withholding of union dues, under an agency fee arrangement and without the employee’s individual consent, is unlawful because it compels the individual to financially subsidize the speech of a union. Thus, unauthorized agency fee deductions violate the First Amendment and are unconstitutional. American workers still have all rights under the NLRA to organize unions and engage in protected, concerted activities. However, the impact of both Right to Work laws and Supreme Court’s Janus decision (for public sector unions) have the potential to severely decrease the amount of dues being paid to unions from workers.

Based on your academic analysis, what impact will these RTW laws and Janus have on the union movement?

Based on your academic analysis, how does member dues funding impact workplace labor relations?

Based on your academic analysis, what is the practical effect of defunding unions and their ability to staff and service members through local union administration?

Discussion Board Rubric (50 points)
Initial Individual Posting: 30 Points
Description of Student Performance
Answered all parts of the topic correctly, references are provided
(including textbook as appropriate), free of spelling and/or
grammatical errors, critical/creative thinking is evident.
Questions are used as headers to clearly demonstrate what is
being answered. Proper academic tone/business tone is
evident.
Errors in answers topic question(s), attempted textbook
reference* but was incomplete, contained 1 or 2 spelling and/or
grammatical errors, response shows some evidence of graduate
level analytical, critical thinking. Late response to the DQ.
Errors in answers to questions, answered only part of the
question, answer did not contain references, answer taken
directly from course materials with limited analytical/critical
thinking, and answer contained more than 2 spelling and/or
grammatical errors. Late response to the DQ and/or peers.
Posted an answer, but didn’t answer the question completely,
answer was mostly incorrect or quoted directly from the text or
other source. And/or answer was extremely brief. Late response
to the DQ or peers.
Didn’t post an answer at all or answer was 100% incorrect.
Total Earned
Points
Available
Points
Earned
30-25
24-20
19-15
14 below
0 points
Responses to Peers: 20 Points (10 points each)
Responses to other class members meet requirements stated
above.
Responses were limited or did not add value or content.
Total Earned
20-15
14-0
Individual Class Participation/Replies Guidelines & Grading
A quality response:
✔ Shows that the student clearly understand the course concepts and can incorporate them in
discussion.
✔ Always advances discussion (adds something new to the discussion to advance the learning of
other members in the class).
✔ May include examples and real life applications but supports these with facts.
✔ Uses facts and outside resources to support opinions, to receive all points, at least 1 of the two
additional posting contains a reference.
✔ Always stays on topic.
✔ Is free of grammatical and/or typographical errors.
✔ Does not waste the time of classmates by requiring them to read information that has already
been posted in previous messages.
✔ Stays on the topic for the discussion thread (remember we’re focusing on sustainable business
development).
✔ Was posted consistently through-out the week (not all on one day, or all at the end of the week).
Only postings that meet these requirements will count toward class participation. Postings that do
not meet the above requirements detract from the course topics being discussed, or do not help the
class to better understand the topics will earn partial credit towards class participation or no credit at
all. This includes postings that simply say “I agree,” give personal experience without relevant
citations from the course materials or outside sources, or veer off the topic of the discussion thread.