Can AI do negotiating a collective bargaining agreement?
An expert breakdown of a typical process from public sources, worked out by the same rules as your own check.
1 of 11 steps goes to an agent
Goes to an agent (1)
An agent does these steps on its own.
Analyse the current agreement and gather data for the position
An agent can do this step alone: everything it takes is a strong suit of AI.
- Extracting structure from an unstructured source
- Checking against a reference and finding discrepancies
AI drafts, a person checks (4)
AI prepares the work; a person reviews and confirms it.
Prepare the package of proposals and exchange them at the first session
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Clarify the proposals and check whether the subject is a mandatory one for bargaining
A person signs off: the law or a regulator holds someone accountable for it.
Cost each proposal
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Draw up the agreed text of the agreement
A person signs off: the step needs a formal approval.
Stays with people (6)
These steps need a person's judgement or presence.
Notice of the start of negotiations and appointment of the parties' bargaining teams
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Consolidating people's contributions and resolving priority conflicts
Gather proposals from members and stakeholders, priorities and the team's mandate
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Judging risk or priority in a business context
- Consolidating people's contributions and resolving priority conflicts
Bargaining rounds: argument, counter-proposals, trading concessions
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Judging risk or priority in a business context
- Open-ended dialogue with an external party
Mediation with a mediator when no agreement is reached
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Open-ended dialogue with an external party
- Consolidating people's contributions and resolving priority conflicts
Declaration of impasse, exchange of final offers, cooling-off period
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Judging risk or priority in a business context
Bring the agreement into force, communicate the terms and monitor compliance
Stays with people: it takes judgement that depends on your business context.
- Consolidating people's contributions and resolving priority conflicts
1 step outside what AI can work on
Physical work, or nothing AI could apply itself to. These steps count in no figure.
Ratification by a vote of the members, approval by the employer's governing body, signing
Nothing in this step is work AI could apply itself to.
Sources
- oregon.gov · Regulator
- oer.ny.gov · Regulator
- american.edu · Research
- nea.org · Professional body
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