Allan is a member of a union.The supervisor at the firm where he works gave Allan a three-day suspension for not wearing his protective shoes on the manufacturing floor of his firm.Allan appealed the suspension and the company's plant manager refused to rescind the suspension.The union wants to appeal this decision to a neutral third party for a ruling.What procedure does the union want to utilize?

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The union wants to utilize arbitration, which is a process where a neutral third party (an arbitrator) hears both sides of the dispute and makes a final and binding decision. This is the most common procedure used by unions to resolve disputes with management. Mediation and negotiation are both non-binding processes where a third party helps the parties reach a mutually acceptable solution, but the parties are not bound by the mediator's or negotiator's decision. Conflict management is a general term that refers to various techniques for managing conflicts, but it is not a specific procedure that the union wants to utilize in this case.

Allan Is a Member of a Union