LRM4801
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
UNIQUE NO.
DUE DATE: 7 JULY 2025
, Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Labour Relations Perspectives
2.1 Comparison: Pluralist vs Radical
2.2 Dominant Perspective in UASA
3. Role-players in Employment Relations
... (Continue as needed)
4. References
1. LABOUR RELATIONS PERSPECTIVES [15 Marks]
1.1 Compare UASA's approach from Pluralist and Radical views (10 marks)
Pluralist Perspective:
o Recognises conflict as inevitable.
o Trade unions are legitimate representatives.
o Conflict resolved through collective bargaining.
o UASA’s sidelining of unions would be seen as problematic.
Radical Perspective:
o Conflict is rooted in capitalist exploitation.
o Automation seen as a tool to increase profit at workers’ expense.
o Unilateralism in transformation = exploitation.
o Downplaying union input = class suppression.
What to do: Show how each theory would interpret UASA’s management style
(e.g. slogans like “One Team, One Future” may be seen as unitarist rhetoric masking
control).
ASSIGNMENT 2 2025
UNIQUE NO.
DUE DATE: 7 JULY 2025
, Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Labour Relations Perspectives
2.1 Comparison: Pluralist vs Radical
2.2 Dominant Perspective in UASA
3. Role-players in Employment Relations
... (Continue as needed)
4. References
1. LABOUR RELATIONS PERSPECTIVES [15 Marks]
1.1 Compare UASA's approach from Pluralist and Radical views (10 marks)
Pluralist Perspective:
o Recognises conflict as inevitable.
o Trade unions are legitimate representatives.
o Conflict resolved through collective bargaining.
o UASA’s sidelining of unions would be seen as problematic.
Radical Perspective:
o Conflict is rooted in capitalist exploitation.
o Automation seen as a tool to increase profit at workers’ expense.
o Unilateralism in transformation = exploitation.
o Downplaying union input = class suppression.
What to do: Show how each theory would interpret UASA’s management style
(e.g. slogans like “One Team, One Future” may be seen as unitarist rhetoric masking
control).
