Question: Concrete Company was bargaining a CBA with the drivers' union. Negotia- tions went on for...

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Question: Concrete Company was bargaining a CBA with the drivers' union. Negotia- tions went on for many months. Concrete made its final offer of $9.50 per hour, with step increases of $0.75 per hour in a year, and the same the following two years. The union refused to accept the offer and the two sides reached an impasse. Concrete then implemented its plan, minus the step increases. Was its implementation legal? Strategy: Management may unilaterally change wages and so forth only if the parties have reached an impasse. At all stages, the two sides must bargain in good faith. The goal of the NLRA is to achieve labor peace through productive negotiations. (See the "Result" at the end of this section.)