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Prior to selecting a bargaining strategy, an employer must identify its goals: is it important to obtain more favorable economic terms, less restrictive contract ..., or both?. An employ

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Negotiating a Contract with Employees

1 Prior to selecting a bargaining strategy, an employer

must identify its goals: is it important to obtain more

favorable economic terms, less restrictive contract ,

or both?

language

semantics

syntax

vocabulary

2 An employer must also determine if it has the proper

person sitting at the bargaining table on its

behalf

board

chair

committee

3 Is it time to introduce a new face as the company

spokesperson to show the union that are changing?

fashions

rules

staff

times

4 Alan I Model asserts that there are several

considerations that every employer must before it

sits down to bargain

acquire

ask

assess

aver

5 A review of judicial and administrative rulings will help

determine if contractual provisions may have been

modified or even by the courts or the National Labor

Relations Board (NLRB)

ambiguated

mollified

neutralized

nullified

6 Obtain the input of operating managers and line

supervisors as to how they administer the labor

agreement; often the best insights on the company's

bargaining position come from the lines

assembly

blue

drawn

front

7 If the company is to an agreement that was

negotiated by a multi-employer bargaining group, the

company must determine before the beginning of

negotiations whether to negotiate as part of the group or

as an individual employer

partial

party

primary

privy

8 Construct a financial model that computes the specific

cost components; this action is vital in determining the

of any bargaining goals and objectives

importunity

impotence

primacy

priority

9 Know your : use contacts in the labor arena to

learn about the union and its officers

adversary

advisor

intermediary

mediator

10 This information may help identify any intra-union

pressures on a union negotiator that may facilitate

or hinder attempts to reach a deal

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leaning

squeezing

weighing