Labour and Management at DJ Trucking Cannot Agree Upon a Contract

question 55

Multiple Choice

Labour and management at DJ Trucking cannot agree upon a contract for the truck drivers. The drivers are threatening to strike, and management knows that such a strike would be very costly. Each side contends that they are bargaining fairly, but no agreement seems to be possible. Both sides agree that they are competing over a fixed amount of resources. Each side feels that what one side wins, the other loses. Based on this information we can say that the two sides are engaged in ________.

• A) conciliation
• B) distributive bargaining
• C) mediation
• D) integrative bargaining
• E) arbitration

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