PA 596 Public Sector Collective Bargaining: Negotiations and Impasse Resolution

Deals with the diversity of roles of the parities in negotiation; planning for negotiations; development of original demands and fallback positions; negotiation strategy and tactics; the major issues in negotiating; and the diversity and similarity of negotiations in state government, cities, counties, school districts, and higher education. A mock negotiation case will be bargained. This course will also deal with the process of mediation, fact-finding, and interest arbitration.