Strikes and Lockouts THE 2012 CHICAGO TEACHER’S STRIKE. The Chicago public school teacher’s strike in 2012, a strike lead by the Teachers Union in Chicago, received ridicule and praise as thousands of teachers fought for better treatment. As a result, the teacher’s plight made it into the public’s view, the issues with Chicago’s budget and the impact of the strike on Chicago families made national news. Due to this strike, the internal strife between the Mayor of Chicago and the Teachers Union showed as 26,000 teachers created a massive work stoppage. The Teachers Union started collective bargaining for pay raises and to get the teachers concerns of the educational issues facing their students out to the public. Chicago’s budgetary constraints hit forefront as the concession of a 16% pay increase over four years looked to widen Chicago’s deficit by one billion dollars. This strike’s major impact was on the parents of the 360,000 children who couldn’t go to school. The parents of those children struggled to find a place for their children to stay while they worked. Due to this, the work stoppage influenced the corporate sector as well, as people had to take off work to take care of their children. This non-violent protest lead to an unprecedented work stoppage that effected the larger Chicago area. Chicago’s 2012 teacher’s strike achieved its ultimate goal as their plight reached the public’s view, which showed Chicago’s budgetary problem but it had a negative effect on the families of their students. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LOCKOUTS: The completion of the 2010-11 seasons for the NFL and NBA saw the expiration of both leagues’ collective bargaining agreements between the players and owners. To acquire an advantage in the following labor negotiations, the owners in both leagues opted to immediately initiate a player lockout once their respective collective bargaining agreements expired. The NFL players did not attempt to settle their issues through collective bargaining; they instead chose to disband their union - the National Football League Players Association- so that they could file an antitrust lawsuit against the owners. This move served to provide the NFL players with an edge over their league owners, which ultimately assisted both parties in reaching an agreement prior to the start of the season that was suitable to both. The NBA’s players, on the other hand, continued their collective negotiations with the league. They negotiated for 4 ½ months, to no avail, and subsequently elected to dissolve their union. The NBA players, like their NFL counterparts, also then decided to file two antitrust suits against the league owners. Soon after, the NBA and its players reached a new collective bargaining agreement. And though the deal was not reached before the start of the new season, it was in time to spare the majority of it. For both the NBA and NFL players, it appears that once the decision to disband their unions was made, they seemed to gain the upper-hand in negotiations with league owners. ASSIGNMENT IS TO WRITE A CONCLUSION on the two situations above: (Weave the two items below—they are NOT stand alone issues) 1. Based on your research of this topic, how would you instruct others (bosses, peers, subordinates, etc.) to act when confronted with this situation in the future (in other words, what would you do if you were king/queen for the day). 2. Link a theory/concept from your textbook to support your advice above (Cite page number and chapter). Mediation is a dispute resolution process in which a neutral third party-the mediator-helps negotiators avoid or resolve an impasse by reaching an agreement (Budd, page 289, chapter 8).
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