Answer to Question #230553 in Management for Kamogelo Moloko

Question

Identify an organisation of your choice that is involved in a labour dispute according to media reports. Develop a communication plan to assist the organisation in handling the dispute.

Answer 1

A communication plan that could assist the organization to handle labor disputes will focus on the following strategies:

Avoiding to give conflicting verbal and nonverbal messages to workers

Providing employees with crucial tools needed to do their jobs

Learning to lead from the background. 

Meeting regularly with union representatives

Trying to be fair to workers

Since employees want to hear about higher wages, better benefits, better working conditions, and increased job security, the organization must understand the way to share these crucial elements with workers and provide them accordingly to avoid labor disputes.