As the Assistant Director of Recreation and Parks, you have been asked to sit on the Collective Bargaining Panel. This year, you will be meeting with the Union to discuss a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Union is asking for an increase in uniform allowance, a 5% increase in pay over the next two years, and changing the minimum overtime pay from two hours to four hours. Your budget can only handle a $1.5 million increase a year. You have 1,500 employees on payroll. The City Manager has requested the following information from you about the MOU negotiations:
What would you ask from the Union?
How can you meet their demands?
What plan would you present to the Union to meet everyone’s demands?
