Collective bargaining exercise

1. Read the following situation and current contract provisions.

2. Write a proposal indicating what your team intends to obtain for each issue. Include:
> what does your team think is a reasonable amount for each bargaining issue? Why?
> what are your high priority items? Why?
> what are you willing to trade in exchange for your high priority items? Why?
> what issues in addition to the current contract provisions do you propose? Why?

3. Negotiate a contract that is acceptable to both parties. You must have a contract signed by all negotiating members by class time, may 3, 2016).

If an impasse is reached however, you must fully explain what your side is planning to do.

4. Explain what happened during your negotiations. This report should include:

a. What were the harder issues to negotiate? Why?

b. What were the easier issues to negotiate? Why?

c. Based on how this contract turned out, what would you anticipate happening when it expires? What issues did your side win? Lose? (be sure to explain why you won or lost issues.) How will these affect future contract talks? Why?

5. Group evaluation groups may discharge nonperforming members. Terminated members will receive a "0" for the project.