Team Simulation used the Negotiation Process Below

Initial Proposal

UNION

Article $13-$ Seniority

$13$:$02$ Seniority list should be updated monthly instead of biannually.

Workers with higher seniority cold have priority in choosing their days off

$13$:$03$ Extend probationary days to $120$ days for full time employees and include training to help them transition

$13$:$04$ Clarification on the process for disputing a loss of seniority

Article $12-$ Discipline

$12$:$01$ Clarity on what constitutes just cause

$12$:$02$ Reduction of grievance procedure time frame from $10$ to $5$ days

$12$:$04$ Extension of inability to use employee records from $12$ to $24$ months

$12$:$05$ Allowing employees to review their requests at any reasonable they wish and not $5$ days

Article $25-$ Safety and Health

$25$:$01$ Implementation of comprehensive training programs

$25$:$01$ Confidential reporting system

$25$:$02$ Regular safety inspections from management and union

$25$:$02$ Development of clear and comprehensive emergency response protocols

Inclusion of safety performance metrics

MANAGEMENT

Article $22$ Wages

$22$:$01$ Making payments weekly

a performance$-$based pay system where employees have the opportunity to earn bonuses or incentives

$22$:$01$

$22$:$02$ Stipends for employees for employees who undergo training or professional development courses relevant to their roles

$22$:$05$ Reviewing the meal allowance policy

$22$: $05$ Introducing a skill$-$based pay system where employees receive

Article $16-$ Hours of Work

$16$:$01$ Management can propose giving preference to employees with seniority when assigning available hours of work, as outlined in Article $15.$

$16$:$02$ Management may propose maintaining the requirement for employee consent for shifts less than three $(3)$ hours per day

$16$:$04$ Implementing a system for documenting unpaid meal breaks, including the time employees leave and return from their breaks.

Article $17-$ Overtime pay

$17$:$02$ reducing the minimum pay requirement from three $(3)$ hours to two $(2)$ hours for less urgent call$-$backs

requirement for employees to provide advance notice or mutually agreeable arrangements for split shifts

expanding the options for compensating overtime hours by introducing alternative methods

COUNTER PROPOSAL

Union

$22$:$01$ Make payments weekly

$22$:$01$ Stipends should not be based on training

$16$:$02$ consent for shifts less than two $(2)$ hours per day

$16$:$04$ Should not include the time employees leave and return from their breaks.

$17$:$02$ increase minimum pay requirement to $4$ hours

$17$:$04$ Sticking with payment option for overtime hours

MANAGEMENT

$13$:$02$ Should be updated every $3$ months

$13$:$03$ Probabtionary days to remain at $90$

$12$:$02$ Grievance procedure to be $8$ days

$12$;$04$ Inability to use employee records should stay at $16$ months

$12$:$05$ Employees reviewing their records should be $3$ days

$25$:$01$ Can not implement training programs due to budget constraints

FINAL AGREEMENT

$22$:$01$ The Employer shall remit earnings by direct deposit every week in accordance with Schedule $"$A$"$ attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement

Question: Summarize the above negotiation process that team simulated and what occurred during different stages. What kind of negotiation process did the team use. Cost of agreement reached.