Describe the four major types of bad faith bargaining.

Bad faith bargaining generally falls into one of four types. First, employers may make changes in the terms and conditions of employment without negotiating with the union. This is called a unilateral change. Second, the employer may negotiate directly with the employees, circumventing the union and thereby undermining its authority and credibility. This is call direct dealing. Third, the employer or the union may engage in surface bargaining. Surface when it simply goes through the motions of negotiating without actually trying to reach a settlement. The party may enter negotiations with no intention to settle, such as when the employer fully intends to push the union to strike or the union enters negotiations fully intending to go to a strike. Finally, the parties have an obligation to comply with certain information requests that may be pertinent to negotiations. Refusing to turn over relevant information may be evidence of bad faith bargaining.