Arun Sharma Is a Member of His Union's Collective Bargaining

question 18

Multiple Choice

Arun Sharma is a member of his union's collective bargaining team, and Beverly Shin is on the management's bargaining team. As part of the negotiating process, Arun and Beverly are working together to find solutions to some difficult issues involving the health care benefits the company offers employees. They hope to create a win-win solution that can be incorporated into the new labour contract. This suggests that the collective bargaining process is taking which type of approach?

• A) interest-based bargaining
• B) mediated bargaining
• C) distributive bargaining
• D) Waiver of Independence Negotiating (WIN)

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