A management executive just left a meeting between his team and the company's union representatives. She headed straight for the CEO's office and she reviewed where things seemed to break down. Union representatives came to the table with three different offers to resolve the insurance and vacation benefits problems laborers were experiencing. Management offered its own resolutions-two different ones, to be exact. The problem was that a bargaining zone did not emerge. Neither side was willing to consider each other's alternatives. As she reached the CEO's door, he was ready to concede that the negotiations were probably headed to
A) collective bargaining.
B) arbitration.
C) a vote.
D) mediation.

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Labor and management were proceeding with collective bargaining; however, they had reached an impasse because there was no bargaining zone. The next step is to enter into mediation, where an impartial third party listens to disagreements and solutions offered by both sides, encourages the talks to continue, and makes suggestions for alternative solutions leading toward resolution.

A Management Executive Just Left a Meeting Between His Team