week 8 and 9 discussion

Organizations offer all kinds of benefits to employees today, such as health insurance and retirement benefits.

• What else might a company include in its benefits package to appeal to new employees?
• How might the company structure its benefits package so that these employees can take advantage of the benefits they care about most?
• Finally, which of these benefits most appeal to you and why?

Issues and disagreements between management and employees lead to the formation of labor unions. Over the decades, the role of labor unions has been interpreted in various ways by employees across the globe.

• What are some of the reasons employees join labor unions?
• Did you ever belong to a labor union? If you did, do you think union membership benefited you?
• If you've never belonged to a union, do you think it would have benefited you in your current or past employment? Why or why not?