Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive Negotiating a Contract with Employees 1. Prior to selecting a bargaining strategy, an employer must identify its goals: is it important to obtain more favorable economic terms, less restrictive contract , or both? language semantics syntax vocabulary 2. An employer must also determine if it has the proper person sitting at the bargaining table on its behalf board chair committee 3. Is it time to introduce a new face as the company spokesperson to show the union that are changing? fashions rules staff times 4. Alan I. Model asserts that there are several considerations that every employer must before it sits down to bargain. acquire ask assess aver 5. A review of judicial and administrative rulings will help determine if contractual provisions may have been modified or even by the courts or the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). ambiguated mollified neutralized nullified 6. Obtain the input of operating managers and line supervisors as to how they administer the labor agreement; often the best insights on the company's bargaining position come from the lines. assembly blue drawn front 7. If the company is to an agreement that was negotiated by a multi-employer bargaining group, the company must determine before the beginning of negotiations whether to negotiate as part of the group or as an individual employer. partial party primary privy 8. Construct a financial model that computes the specific cost components; this action is vital in determining the of any bargaining goals and objectives. importunity impotence primacy priority 9. Know your : use contacts in the labor arena to learn about the union and its officers. adversary advisor intermediary mediator 10. This information may help identify any intra-union pressures on a union negotiator that may facilitate or hinder attempts to reach a deal. hefting leaning squeezing weighing . Business English Lesson – Advanced Level's archive Negotiating a Contract with Employees 1. Prior to selecting a bargaining strategy, an employer must identify its goals: is it. staff times 4. Alan I. Model asserts that there are several considerations that every employer must before it sits down to bargain. acquire ask assess aver 5. A review of judicial and. intermediary mediator 10. This information may help identify any intra-union pressures on a union negotiator that may facilitate or hinder attempts to reach a deal. hefting leaning squeezing