Assignment:
Reading the following case study are given below is:
A change in the Medical Insurance Plan
Questions
1. In your opinion, was management's request to change the insurance carrier (plan) reasonable? Explain your reasoning.
2. In your opinion, was it reasonable for employees to oppose the new insurance plan because they per-ceived the prescription drug benefit would shift substantial new cost to them compared to the existing (old) plan? Explain your reasoning.
3. Is it the union's job to represent the views of the majority of its members to management or try to change union members' views to be consistent with management's preferred business strategy?
4. Does the employer have a legal right to implement the change to a new insurance carrier (medical insurance plan) in this case without bargaining with the union? Why or why not?