The parties simply use the various legal processes to adjudicate their rights, without relying on an effective relationship. Compliance may be quicker than other approaches. If a party has made a decision which it believes is within its legal rights, it does not have to spend time dealing with the other party. It simply does what it thinks is right and moves forward. Of course, if the party violates the law in taking this approach, the unfair labor practice process may slow down the implementation.
Adversarial relations can result in continual escalation of warfare between the parties.
Winning may become more important than the underlyingissue. What otherwise may be trivial issues become significant to the parties and matters of principle that end up being litigated. To be successful, a party must have a high degree of knowledge of the law and skill at advocating its position. Lack of a high degree of knowledge and skill is a serious disadvantage to a party using a compliance strategy. A compliance approach does not improve the relationship between the parties.