The Emergency Department staff decides to use a collective bargaining

QUESTION

The Emergency Department staff decides to use a collective bargaining model for negotiation rather than a traditional trade union model. A traditional trade union model is characterized by:

a. Positional conflict.
b. Management support of labor’s initiatives.
c. A spirit of trust between management and labor.
d. An ability to resolve complaints.

ANSWER:

ANS: A
Collective bargaining encompasses management support of labor’s initiative, a spirit of trust between labor and management, and resolution of problems. It replaces the positional conflict that has been associated with traditional trade unions. Models such as the interest-based problem solving (IBPS) model seek to avoid positional conflicts such as those between labor and management that do not take into account the opposing party in any way.