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You have just been hired as the Labour Relations Coordinator at a public sector organization. Today, your manager has just informed you that the next round of collective bargaining with the union begins on September 1st, 2020. She has asked you to put together a comprehensive planning document for the CB process. She wants to see all work tasks, work tasks assigned to people (positions), resources needed to complete tasks and timelines. She suggests that you prepare this planning document in a chart/table/schematic format.
Task | Responsibility | Resources | Timelines |
Finalizing the team of negotiators |
SBU head/ CEO |
Pool of qualified and experienced negotiators | 2-3days |
Decision on time and place of meeting |
HR Manager |
Availability of space and time |
1-2days |
Finalizing the agenda for negotiations | CEO | knowledge of Demands of Union and the extent of company willingness to grant concessions | 2-3 days |
Deciding the legal scope of negotiation proceedure | Law advisor | previous agreements, labour policy of the organization and knowledge of national labour laws | 3-4days |
Deciding negotiation strategy | chief negotiator | scope of authority and experience in negotiations | 2-3 days |
Reaching consensus |
chief negotiator | approval of company board | 3-7 days |
Conducting meeting |
HR manager |
team of facilitators |
1-2 days |
Ratification of the agreement |
Board of directors | consensus builders | 7-10 days |
The schematic table of the mentioned collective bargaining
process may be summed up as above.