Answer to Question #249216 in Management for Bob

Question

Summary of managing industrial unrest a Caribbean conundrum

Answer 1

Michael Adams, the General Manager of Mesopotamia Brewery Ltd, was persuaded on September 10, 2000, that he was dealing with severe industrial unrest. Supervisory staff had established a trade union and were going to shut down the firm after two decades of non-unionization. These mainly respectable workers were unaware that Master Brewer Thomas Williams, the event's initiator, had received critical notes from his supervisor. The issue for Adams was to protect the safety of his workers while also avoiding a loss of market share and profit if the industrial action turned into a nationwide strike.