Business pressures for competitiveness and quality have affected the collective bargaining process in all of the following ways except:

A) Increased the need for flexibility in work rules.
B) Increased the need for more specific, detailed contracts.
C) Increased need for cooperation and employee involvement in work decisions.
D) Increase need to communicate about the terms of a contract more than once every three years when the contract expires.

Collective Bargaining Process

A method where workers, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment, including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, and more.

Business Pressures

Challenges and demands placed on a business by economic conditions, competition, regulations, and other external factors.

Competitiveness

The ability of a company, sector, or economy to provide products or services effectively in comparison to others, often measured by factors like cost, quality, and innovation.