You Are on a Management Team Preparing to Negotiate a Renewal

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Essay

You are on a management team preparing to negotiate a renewal of a collective agreement. One of the issues that you expect the union will raise is technological change. The present contract does not contain provisions relating to technological change. Explain what you think the union demands will be in general terms and the key points you would like to have the agreement provide for from the management perspective, assuming that a technological change article will be added to the agreement.

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Definitions:

Divorced Parents

Individuals who have legally dissolved their marriage, which may have various social and psychological effects on their family dynamics.

Single Fathers

Men who are the sole caregivers and providers for their children without the presence or assistance of the children's mother.

Custody

The protective care or guardianship of someone or something, often used to describe the legal guardianship a court may grant to a parent or guardian.

Remarriage Rates

Statistical measures indicating the frequency at which individuals who have been married previously enter into subsequent marriages.