JS380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Bargaining Unit, United Steelworkers, Rand Formula

• School: University of Regina
• Department: Justice Studies
• Course: JS380
• Professor: Stefan Idziak

Document Summary

Lecture 15: substantive and procedural obligations imposed by the duty to. Other than these exceptions, the parties are free to include most anythingn in the bargain, and press them to or beyond the point of impasse: however, labour boards have put some restrictions on this freedom. Surface bargaining is not permited, while hard bargaining is. Hard bargaining is allowed, surface bargaining is not surface: going through the motions with no intent to reach agreement. Hard: parties may take firm intractable positions on things. United steelworkers of america v. radio shack [1980] can. Facts the employer had a history of unfair labour practices. Lrbr had found against the employer in the past. Union served notice to bargain, and requested information on the names and statuses of the members of the bargaining units. Employer set out letters ridiculing the union and promising that no employee would ever have to pay dues to work at radio shack.