Unfair Labor Practice charge being deferred to arbitration

Case Study Six, "Issue: Did the Company Violate the Collective Bargaining Agreement When it Reduced the Hours of Full-Time Employees to 35 Hours per Week as this Action Relates to the NLRB Charge?" is found in Case Study 11-2 on pages 592-596 of the textbook. In an APA compliant two-page paper, answer the following questions:

1. What is mean by the Unfair Labor Practice charge being deferred to arbitration? Is the arbitrator's decision final and binding?
2. What influence do you believe the enactment of the Affordable Care Act had on the Company's actions?
3. Take the position of the Company and lay out its arguments.
4. Take the position of the Union and lay out its arguments.
5. Now, become the Arbitrator and decide the outcome.

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