Union contracts convey a number of rights and obligations related to jobs. Describe these rights and obligations and discuss their advantages and disadvantages from the union and management perspectives.

A key job right included in many union contracts is the right to a particular wage rate that is tied to the job, and not to individual characteristics. It is the right to be paid based on the job you are doing, not based on personal differences. Just as a job might be assigned a particular pay rate, it may also be assigned specific tasks and responsibilities. Job rights protect employees from arbitrary job expansion without commensurate pay increases, provide job security by preventing employers from assigning work outside the bargaining unit (either to other employees or through subcontracting/outsourcing). From management's perspective, job rights clarify job responsibilities and duties and make job assignment easier. Further, by agreeing to the contract, job holders must fulfill the performance standards of the job they are assigned, making it easier for supervisors to hold workers to acceptable performance standards.