Local 304 and Kar Manufacturing Inc Have Just Implemented a New

question 31

Multiple Choice

Local 304 and Kar Manufacturing Inc have just implemented a new collective agreement, but there is trouble already.Local 304 allowed a specific provision addressing retroactivity of wage increases to be dropped because there were other more pressing issues to discuss.The agreement is silent on retroactivity and now Kar management does not intend to institute the agreed upon wage increase retroactively.Which of the following is the correct principle to be used by the arbitrator in resolving the union's grievance?

• A)Retroactivity is one of the matters that must be addressed specifically in collective agreements in order to be applied.
• B)There is a general presumption of retroactivity regarding wage increases in collective agreements.
• C)Only those terms that are addressed explicitly in collective agreements will be applied.
• D)Some terms may be implied in collective agreements but retroactivity of wages is not one of them.
• E)The law presumes that wage increases are never retroactive.