Non-economic or non-wage negotiating issues are ordinarily tackled first during a Labor Contract Negotiations with wage and benefit issues settled as a package near the end of the negotiations process. This is typical of almost any kind of negotiations.

When purchasing a car, buyers typically insist on making certain that the car they are considering meets all their needs before settling on a price. In labor negotiations, what are the advantages and disadvantages of starting with the non-economic issues first for the company and the union?

In response to your peers, agree or disagree with them by explaining how negotiations could be done better or how you would do it based on your personal experience or the experiences of people you know

What aspects of the existing labor contract are usually reviewed by management in preparation for labor negotiations?

Identify the important data needed by management when preparing for labor negotiations.

Briefly explain the basic rules governing the collective bargaining process.

Identify and explain the four behavioral components of collective bargaining.

What were the union demands in response to companies' requests for concessions in the 1980s? Which union demands were successful, and which were not?

What is a collective bargaining impasse, and how does it occur?

List how mediation can facilitate a labor contract negotiations settlement?

Explain the four different types of union worker strikes.

Explain the purposes of union picket lines.

What is a slowdown?

Why is it difficult to take action against employees protesting in this manner?