What is the history of the labor movement up to current times? What national laws do you need to know relative to labor? What are Local Boards of Health permitted to do under Chapter 111 Sec 27? What are collective bargaining agreements and how do they fit (or don?t fit) into Local Board of Health management practices? How can job descriptions contribute to organizational effectiveness? Learn about collective bargaining from the experts.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
– Summarize the history of the U.S. labor movement from the late 1800s through the mid-1950s
– Describe three provisions of two U.S. labor laws (National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947)
– List three things MGL Ch 111 s27 allows LBOH to do
– Apply collective bargaining agreement provisions to a situation where a workforce reduction involves union employees
– List three ways well-written job descriptions contribute to individual effectiveness, and two ways they contribute to organizational effectivenessApply MGL Ch 111 s27 and local personnel by-laws to situations where employees are hired and fired