Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Strategies Research Worksheet Resolving Employment Conflict
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Strategies Research Worksheet
Resolving employment Conflict
Topic : Alternative Dispute Resolution
Response to Topic A:
General Motors (Negotiation) ADR is generally classified into at least four types: negotiation, mediation, collaborative law, and arbitration. In negotiation, participation is voluntary and there is no third party who facilitates the resolution process or imposes a resolution (Alternative Dispute Resolution, para.7). In 2007 General Motors (GM), pressed union leaders in a meeting in Detroit for a deal on financing what was the centerpiece of the 2007 U.A.W. contract — a perpetual, G.M.-financed trust to cover health care costs of hundreds of thousands of retired hourly workers and their surviving spouses (Freeman & Ahrens, 2007). The negotiations were between General Motors and the United Autoworkers Union (UAW). Like Coastal County Clerk employees GM’s employees were seeking employee benefits. Both GM and UAW were hopeful of reaching an agreement. The president of the union was trying to protect a contract that would essentially be health care for life for anyone who worked on the assembly line and his or her surviving spouses. This eventually led to a two-day nationwide strike (Freeman & Ahrens, 2007). An ongoing strike can be very costly. The UAW president felt like the nation-wide strike is what brought the negotiation to a head quickly. After reaching a deal the union received job-security assurances. Economist said that the deal struck by GM and UAW could be a template for other large United States industries (Freeman & Ahrens, 2007). Like General Motors employees, Coastal County Clerk of Court employee Dennis Munger was seeking employee benefits. Dennis and his employer could use negotiation to resolve their employment discrimination issues instead of litigation.
National Football League (NFL) (Negotiation) “Negotiation”
Resolving employment Conflict
Topic : Alternative Dispute Resolution
Response to Topic A:
General Motors (Negotiation) ADR is generally classified into at least four types: negotiation, mediation, collaborative law, and arbitration. In negotiation, participation is voluntary and there is no third party who facilitates the resolution process or imposes a resolution (Alternative Dispute Resolution, para.7). In 2007 General Motors (GM), pressed union leaders in a meeting in Detroit for a deal on financing what was the centerpiece of the 2007 U.A.W. contract — a perpetual, G.M.-financed trust to cover health care costs of hundreds of thousands of retired hourly workers and their surviving spouses (Freeman & Ahrens, 2007). The negotiations were between General Motors and the United Autoworkers Union (UAW). Like Coastal County Clerk employees GM’s employees were seeking employee benefits. Both GM and UAW were hopeful of reaching an agreement. The president of the union was trying to protect a contract that would essentially be health care for life for anyone who worked on the assembly line and his or her surviving spouses. This eventually led to a two-day nationwide strike (Freeman & Ahrens, 2007). An ongoing strike can be very costly. The UAW president felt like the nation-wide strike is what brought the negotiation to a head quickly. After reaching a deal the union received job-security assurances. Economist said that the deal struck by GM and UAW could be a template for other large United States industries (Freeman & Ahrens, 2007). Like General Motors employees, Coastal County Clerk of Court employee Dennis Munger was seeking employee benefits. Dennis and his employer could use negotiation to resolve their employment discrimination issues instead of litigation.
National Football League (NFL) (Negotiation) “Negotiation”
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