“Good faith bargaining” means the willingness of both parties to meet at agreed upon times and places to discuss subjects representing the required subjects of bargaining with the good-faith intention of reaching a contract agreement.
In good-faith bargaining, the law does not require either side to agree to any proposal submitted by the other. This means if the MNA is elected to represent any Essentia Health ambulatory clinic nurses, Essentia would have a legal right to say “no” to any proposal we felt would negatively impact our business, our colleagues, or our patients.