Task: When negotiations fail or stall, management and union may opt for arbitration. Arbitration involves transferring the power to make employer-employee related decisions to an often less-informed outsider.
Q1. Discuss the central reasons an employer or a union is unable to reach a collaborative resolution to some issues and why arbitration is the preferred method in these situations.
Q2. Detail the advantages and disadvantages of allowing an outside arbitrator to resolve internal disputes between the union and management.