Collaborative Negotiation Paper

• The Collaborative Negotiation Strategy The collaborative method of bargaining is the method of negotiation that employs actual aspects and dynamics (Joy et al, 2015). The Ontario provincial government through its representatives in the collective bargaining agreement linking the Toronto Transit Commission and the labor unions in the transit system, the government uses the collaborative method of negotiations as the moderator the government has to analyze all the facts of the parties to have active and substantial input in the negotiations (Rose, 2015). The views the Ontario government sought to introduce in the discussions were strategically reviewed to make sure the government was on point with its contributions in the studies. The …show more content…

The other parties in the negotiations only used this method minimally because they were at loggerheads with one another before the commencement of the discussions on the collective bargaining agreement (Joy et al, 2015). The instance when the Toronto Transit Commission and the Union executive utilized the collaborative method of negotiation was at the final stages of the negotiations. The above was because the negotiations at the final stages had become less intense and all the parties could connect on the resolutions they had come with. The collaborative method of negotiation is very important in making agreements because it is the base of the resolution of all the components of the final agreement. In the negotiations of the collective bargaining agreement after the 2008 strike by the Transit union workers, all the parties connected in the process have to utilize the collaborative model especially and the finalization of the …show more content…

There were clauses in the negotiations that most of the parties sought to solve through channels presented by arbitration. The parties employed arbitration officer who looked at the resolution technically expounding on the weighty issues in the agreement. The work of the arbitrator was to give insights and possible solutions to disparities brought by the decision (Hurl 2016). The deal included provisions giving more wage to operators especially when the wage rates are affected by the GTA comparators. Moreover, the contract stipulated that there were to be enhancements in regular wage movement schedules, premiums, travel time allocations, tax allowances, vacation times, basic needs and many more allowances directed to workers. The employer had committed to extending the above benefits to all the employees