An Employer and a Union Have Been Negotiating the Renewal

question 61

Multiple Choice

An employer and a union have been negotiating the renewal of a collective agreement for eight months. At the last negotiation session, the employer explained its final offer to the union bargaining team. The employer maintained that a wage freeze was required in the first year of the agreement in order for the employer to stay in business. Subsequently the employer sent a letter to employees in the bargaining unit outlining its final offer. This situation best illustrates:

• A) bargaining in bad faith
• B) surface bargaining
• C) hard bargaining
• D) integrative bargaining
• E) intraorganizational bargaining

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Customers Served

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Total Expenses

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Planning Budget

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