Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining 10th Edition by Michael Carrell,Christina Heavrin

Exercise 1

What do you think would be the "fair" way to resolve this case? Should the company be required to pay 5/8 employees double time even though that benefit has never been negotiated, and so, arguably, the company has never received any exchange for this benefit? Or should those employees who have in good faith accepted overtime work believing they would be paid double time, even though their contract did not say they would, have to give up this benefit and get nothing in return?