Collective Bargaining Part 1 Flashcards
Collective __________ refers to when union and management officials undergo a process in which they attempt to maintain and improve their relationship by resolving conflicting issues cooperatively.
bargaining
Explanation:
Union and management officials undergo collective bargaining in order to resolve conflicting issues. They negotiate a labor agreement that applies to labor and management officials, as well as the employees involved in the bargaining unit.
___________ of a collective bargaining negotiating team are required to be able to keep their emotions and opinions in check.
Members
Explanation:
It is important for the negotiating team that a member is not liable to unintentionally reveal confidential information regarding the settlement to the opposition. Therefore, members need to be able to control their emotions and opinions.
Unions tend to select members for a negotiation team from a variety of operating ___________ in order to make sure that all members of the union are represented and that their issues will be considered.
departments
Explanation:
Both union and management officials will consider a member’s experience and background before placing them on the negotiation committee. While unions tend to make sure they have members from each department, management officials tend to ensure that they have a supervising manager on the committee.
Management often rely on several ________ to determine what a union may propose for bargaining. For example, they may examine a settlement recently negotiated between a competing company and the same union.
sources
Explanation:
It is essential for a company to review the bargaining situation in order for them to determine what a union may propose during negotiations. A company can then plan their response to a union’s demands.
A number of management negotiators try to _____ formulating proposals in an attempt to hide their demands and plans for the negotiations.
avoid
Explanation:
When management does formulate proposals, they usually focus the proposals around changing the contract language in order to reduce labor costs and also give themselves more diplomacy in operations.
When unions formulate a settlement agreement for one company, they then attempt to use this settlement when negotiating with related companies. This type of bargaining is known as _________ bargaining.
pattern
________ work groups refer to smaller groups of employees within an organization that have different preferences from other employees and thus request for unions to also represent their specific preferences during collective bargaining.
Informal
Explanation:
Informal work groups may include night shift workers or the company bowling team. They too have demands to make via the union but these demands tend to be unique to these groups. Therefore, it is necessary for the union to take these groups into account during negotiations.
When one company has a number of facilities and the management and union officials form one negotiating unit they undergo single ______________ bargaining.
employer-multiplant
Even if each of the company’s facilities has its own appropriate ___________ unit, together they still form just one negotiating unit and undergo single employer-multiplant bargaining.
bargaining
When a union, or unions, form one negotiating unit with ______ than one employer, the unions and employers undergo multi-employer bargaining.
more
Explanation:
Multi-employer bargaining most often occurs for industries such as trucking, construction, or newspaper. One negotiation unit may represent multiple employers.
___________ bargaining would be favorable to a union group as it gives them more bargaining power as strikes could effectively shut down an entire company rather than only a single facility.
Centralized
Centralized bargaining involves multiple facilities from the one company into one negotiation unit. Therefore, if the union organizes a strike, all facilities take part, which causes huge problems for a company. On the other hand, if each of the facilities has its own negotiation unit, they would not all take part in the strike, causing less trouble for the company.
combining
When the goals of one party conflict with those of the opposing party, they undergo distributive bargaining. This type of bargaining results in one party gaining something at the _______ of the other party.
expense
Explanation:
As distributive bargaining results in one party gaining something at the expense of the other, this process usually involves threats, bluffs, and secrecy as each party tries to maintain the upper hand.
When two parties try to overcome or solve a common problem, they undergo ___________ bargaining. Both parties benefit from solving the problem.
integrative
Explanation:
When parties undergo integrative bargaining in order to solve a mutual problem, the process tends to involve trust, opening sharing of information, and consideration of each party’s suggestions.
___________ structuring refers to activities aimed at establishing a desired relationship between two parties. This approach is based on changing beliefs and relationships, rather than solving specific issues.
Attitudinal
Explanation:
For example, attitudinal structuring may be used to make both parties more interested in developing a suitable compromise and less interested in gaining their own demands at the expense of the other party.
__________ bargaining is also known as mutual gain bargaining because the emphasis is on resolving a concern held by both parties.
Integrative
Integrative bargaining is also referred to as _________ bargaining because the parties have a common concern to resolve. Resolving this concern provides mutual benefits.
mutual gain
The bargaining ______ model is built on the idea that parties involved in a negotiation attempt to increase their ability to bargain by using strategies and tactics in a specialized manner.
power
Explanation:
This model is a framework designed to place in perspective the strategies and tactics employed by parties during negotiations. This model suggests that the arrangement of a party’s strategies and tactics is based on the party’s desire to increase their bargaining power.
The bargaining power model assumes that a party is more likely to agree with another party’s decisions if it costs them ____ to disagree.
more
Explanation:
As a party is more likely to agree when disagreeing costs the most, the opposing party will try to increase the cost of disagreeing, or will decrease the cost of agreeing. This is one assumption of the bargaining power model.
A bargaining ______ occurs when the union and associated employees withdraw from negotiations for the purpose of discussing issues amongst themselves.
caucus
A bargaining caucus involves the union and employees withdrawing _____________ from negotiations. This is done so that issues can be discussed within the group. The union and employees then return to negotiating once the issues are resolved. These issues may arise from disagreements between employees, uncertainty about how to proceed, or conflict that has arisen during negotiations.
temporarily
It is generally preferable for parties to negotiate several issues at once, rather than individual issues on a yes/no basis. Negotiating several issues at once is known as the ________ approach.
package
