CB and making CA (10)

Question 1

bargaining structure

Answer 1

identity and number of parties involved in CB

scope of employees covered by that bargaining

Question 2

notice to bargain

Answer 2

letter from union or employer to the other party that formally begins the process of collective bargaining

Question 3

bargaining concessions

Answer 3

when party agrees to accept less in negotiations than they initially proposed

Question 4

CB freeze

Answer 4

prohibits employer from altering terms of employment without union’s consent during the period of CB

Question 5

certification freeze

Answer 5

prohibits employer from altering terms of employment without union’s consent during the processing of an application for certification

Question 6

mandatory arbitration clause

Answer 6

clause in CA that requires all disputes arising under the CA to be referred to binding labour arbitration to be resolved

Question 7

hard bargaining

Answer 7

strategy involves party using superior bargaining power to insist upon CA terms that favour its own interests

Question 8

surface bargaining

Answer 8

strategy involves party going through the motions of bargaining but having no intention of ever concluding a CA
violation of duty to bargain in good faith

Question 9

broader-based bargaining

Answer 9

CB structures that involve broader scope than the one union-one employer-single location structure