Written Assignment 1
(25 points) 3-4 pages, not
including cover or References pages
Locate an article describing a
collective bargaining situation that has arisen within the past two years. This
article should be from a newspaper, an academic journal, or a credible online
news source. Use a minimum of two additional references to support your
discussion and to respond to the questions in the assignment.
a. Using APA guidelines, state the
proper citation for the article.
b. State the nature of the
collective bargaining dispute.
c. What are the underlying causes
of the dispute?
d. What economic or ethical
pressures has each side attempted to use to prevail in the dispute?
e. If there is any evidence of any
illegal or unethical conduct on either side, describe it in detail.
f. Was the dispute resolved? If
so, how?
g. What, if any, role was played
by third parties in resolving this bargaining dispute? What was the identity of
the third party?
h. In retrospect, could this
dispute have been resolved in a more constructive fashion? If so, how?
RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1





