Assignment: Negotiating a New Labor Contract

The First Steps

Arrangement for any negotiation should begin with various advances intended to
build up your arranging system.

Review of Previous Negotiations

Begin the procedure by looking into association plans from past arrangements. The
way toward evaluating the notes or minutes of past arrangements will enable the HR
Professional to think about the contentions made by the two sides and survey the
appropriate responses given in admiration to the contentions
Reviewing the plusses and minuses of past negotiations, including the tactics,
timing, concessions and gains often provides the best learning experience and
predictor of future behavior on the part of the union. Any settlement agreements or
any "side agreements" should also be reviewed along with any oral or written
commitments made during the prior negotiations and since the last contract.An audit
of the key issues in the last exchange is basic. Incorporated into the methodology
advancement ought to be an evaluation of those issues and regardless of whether
they will surface once more.

Review of Operating Experience During the Life of the Last Contract

The way in which the agreement affected the proficiency and viability of the
association is an estimation that is basic to the arranging group. This is where
the HR Professional's association with tasks the executives and line supervision
can truly satisfy.
Consideration of the Unit for Bargaining
generation of the following analyses will provide the negotiating team with key
baseline comparisons necessary during the economic discussions:
A wage chronology showing base, average, and key wage rates over the last 10-15
years.
A benefit chronology of the most significant benefit changes in the last 10-15
years.
Average weekly hours
Entire bargaining unit
Each work unit
Each department
Each job classification
Unworked paid hours on the job
Paid lunch periods
Paid break periods
Paid wash-up time

Development of the Employers Strategies

The last advance in the pre-dealing process is the improvement of destinations for
the arrangements. When the group has advanced through the interior evaluation,
information accumulation, and outer appraisal, it is commonly prepared to build up
extents for financial settlement, changes in non-monetary terms and contract
language, and any unique arrangements. Drafts ought to be created that address the
majority of the monetary and non-financial arrangements of the agreement.
Management should prepare the background material, data, and any arguments to
support all of its proposals. Management should also prepare a rough negotiating
timetable to facilitate the completion of the contract.