UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; DEFENSES – Impasse Broken-Duty to Bargain

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806.00000 – UNION UNFAIR PRACTICES; DEFENSES
806.06000 – Impasse Broken-Duty to Bargain

Once impasse is reached either party may refuse to negotiate further and the employer is free to implement changes reasonably comprehended within its last, best and final offer. However, impasse suspends the parties' obligation to bargain only until changed circumstances indicate that an agreement may be possible; p. 7. The duty to bargain revives when one party proposes a concession from its earlier bargaining position which indicates that agreement may be possible; p. 7. The act of unlawfully implementing a waiver of the statutory right to bargain does not revive the district's duty to negotiate following impasse. Upon completion of impasse the duty to bargain is renewed when one party proposes a concession from its earlier bargaining position which indicates that agreement may be possible; pp. 11-12. position which indicates that agreement may be possible; pp. 11-12.