You are a chief officer in your organization, and your fire chief selects you to participate on the management negotiation team in the development of the organization's first memorandum of understanding (MOU). You were selected for your knowledge of labor-management relations and your keen ability to maintain management rights while fostering a collaborative relationship with the union leadership. The fire chief communicates with you that your top priorities are to remain fiscally conservative and foster a good relationship with the labor group. The department has never been unionized or had any type of MOU between management and labor. The union has requested to begin negotiations to establish the organization's first MOU. The union negotiations team consists of the president, a negotiator, and a full e-board. The management team consists of you and the hired negotiator. In this assignment, you will need to discuss the initiation of bargaining