Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Really? You really think that if the employer and union can't reach agreement, that the union can just present a contract proposal and the employer has to sign it within a certain time? Really? Why can't the employer just present a contract and the union would be required to approve it?

In addition to agreeing with Mr. McCormick's response, I'd have to advise you to go to the local Law Library and start reading and getting a start on a law school education on the massive body of law and legal decisions on NLRB rules and procedures governing union conduct. Specialized lawyers make a good living advising employers and unions how to interpret the complex and contradictory language that makes up the maze that courts and legislators have created.

Bottom line, if the parties can't agree, the union can strike and financial bankrupt itself and its members, and the company can lock out the union and hire non union replacements.