Assignment

Sahara Oasis is an online retailer that currently has 1,500 employees and warehouse operations in New York, Nebraska, and Nevada. The company is prospering and has decided to expand its operations globally by opening a new warehouse in South Korea, with hopes of continued expansion into Europe. To open the new warehouse, management staff will be transferred from the company's current locations. They will also have to hire approximately 500 warehouse personnel and a logistics manager. South Korea is proving to be a very competitive environment for online retailers. The human resources (HR) staff must develop a workforce plan that can create a competitive advantage for SaharaOasis. All functional areas of HR will be involved in making this expansion a success. As the human resources director for SaharaOasis, you will be held responsible for planning, managing, and presenting information to the vice president (VP) of HR and the board of directors for the organization.

SaharaOasis will have to hire union members for its U.S. warehouse positions. It is a stipulation in their collective bargaining agreement that if the organization expands its operations, the union will represent the warehouse workers. However, one of its U.S. locations is a "right-to-work" state. research right-to-work laws, and respond to the following questions:

•Briefly discuss the law that allows for right-to-work states to exist and why it was implemented.

•What does this mean for employees, and how does this differ from the union situation in non-right to work states?

•What does this mean for management and the organization in general?

•What advantages and disadvantages might there be for management and the organization?