Eastside Nurseries Ltd., which had long been a family business, was faced with a demand by its workers that it recognize their new organization, a union, for the purposes of collective bargaining. The union was certified by the appropriate governmental board as the bargaining agent for this bargaining unit, but the parties could not reach an agreement as to what should be included in the new collective agreement. Eventually Eastside Nurseries locked out the employees. This sort of dispute is called

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This is an interest dispute, which occurs when the employer and the union cannot agree on the terms to be included in a new collective agreement. Recognition disputes involve the initial recognition of the union as a bargaining agent, which is not the issue here since the union was already certified. Jurisdictional disputes involve conflicts over which union has the right to represent workers in a particular job classification. Arbitration disputes and rights disputes typically involve the interpretation or application of existing agreements, not the negotiation of new terms.