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    Bargaining 101 #9—What is a tentative agreement?

    Once the parties to bargaining have settled on all items [...]

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    Bargaining 101 #8—What is the bargaining strategy?

    In collective bargaining, the union’s goal is to achieve the [...]

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    Bargaining 101 #7—What are Ground Rules for Negotiations?

    Setting out ground rules for negotiations is a relatively minor, [...]

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    Bargaining 101 #6—What is central and local bargaining?

    The School Boards Collective Bargaining Act (the “SBCBA”) was initially introduced in [...]

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    Bargaining 101 #5—How does Collective Bargaining start?

    Collective bargaining begins when one of the parties, either the [...]

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    Bargaining 101 #4—What is a Bargaining Brief?

    The bargaining brief is a written document that provides proposals [...]

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    Bargaining 101 #3—What is a Bargaining Priorities Survey?

    The bargaining priorities survey is a series of focused questions [...]

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    Bargaining 101 #2—How does the Union Prepare for Collective Bargaining?

    Well before any proposals are exchanged with the employer, the [...]

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    Bargaining 101

    Bargaining 101 #1 What is Collective Bargaining?

    This is one in a series of articles on the [...]

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