Ch 7 - Interest Groups - Class 3

4. How do unions and management engage in the collective bargaining process?

1. Preview: Collective Bargaining
• The collective bargaining agreement at Blue Shipping is set to expire tomorrow
• We will have two separate simulated negotiations today
• Within each negotiation, there are three groups: 
• the Blue Shipping management 
• the Blue Shipping union
• the teacher's observers 
• Let's review the expiring contract and compare it to other shipping companies:   
2. Planning: Prepare Demands and Strategy
• You have five minutes to meet with your side and prepare for negotiations
3. Collective Bargaining: Negotiations
• You have fifteen minutes to negotiate a new contract
• The teacher will announce a short recess midway through to allow each side to meet by itself
• At the end, you have three options:
• Reach an agreement
• Union goes on strike
• Management announces a lock-out
4. Analysis: What Did We Learn?
• What were the results of the two separate negotiations?
• What did we learn about collective bargaining?
• What did we learn about leadership?
5. Debrief: Presidential Debate #1 and Twitter
• What did we discuss as we watched the debate?
• What links did you share with each other?
• What questions did you ask each other?
• What tweets from your timeline did you retweet to each other?