Management and Organizational Studies 3352F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Canadian Auto Workers, Bargaining Unit, Bargaining Power

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3352F/G
• Professor: Johanna Weststar

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Collective bargaining: the structure of collective bargaining. Supplemental agreements cover issues which vary across workplaces in accordance with working hours, crew sizes, etc. Coordinate bargaining: separate agreements are negotiated, but on the understanding that all negotiations will reach essentially the same settlement, with only minor modifications at most. Management side: officials ask line managers about problems occurring in the workplace often a senior industrial relations/human resources management official will hold the position of chief negotiator. Grandstanding and distancing with one/both sides breaking off formal negotiations and claiming that the other side is not bargaining in good faith. Memorandum of agreement: a signing containing of what everything has agreed to, if a positive contract zone exists, then the parties can be expected to reach an agreement prior to the strike deadline. Finally the parties may use the services of a conciliator or arbitrator in an attempt to either avoid or shorten a strike: bargaining outcomes.