The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA)is Negotiating a Collective Bargaining Agreement

The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with the provincial government.The government offers a fixed 2% per year wage increase for five years.The ATA considers this reasonable,but thinks it can get more,so it makes a counter-offer for 3% per year for five years.The government fully rejects the offer.Which of the following is true?

A) Because the ATA partially accepted the terms,they can still accept the 2% increase.
B) The ATA can only accept the 2% increase now if it conforms to their standard form.
C) The ATA must hope that the government repeats its offer.
D) The ATA can accept the 2% increase because the government implicitly repeated the offer.
E) The ATA could not have made the counter-offer because the initial offer was firm.