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noun

the process by which wages, hours, rules, and working conditions are negotiated and agreed upon by a union with an employer for all the employees collectively whom it represents.

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Origin of collective bargaining

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby collective bargaining

collection agency, collection box, collection plate, collective, collective agreement, collective bargaining, collective behavior, collective farm, collective fruit, collectively, collective mark

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How to use collective bargaining in a sentence

The union was not obligated to do so because both sides have signed on to the collective bargaining agreement and neither is obligated to renegotiate it.
MLB, players’ union agree to health and safety protocols, clearing way for spring training to start|Chelsea Janes|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
The Asbury Park Press and ProPublica examined the collective bargaining agreements that govern the relationship between unionized police forces in New Jersey and the towns where they operate.
How We Found Pricey Provisions in New Jersey Police Contracts|by Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press|February 8, 2021|ProPublica
That measure is included in the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFLPA completed last year.
Roger Goodell says hiring cycle did not meet NFL’s expectations after diversity measures|Mark Maske|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Besides matters of pay, a union can require workplace safety standards through a collective bargaining agreement.
Why Amazon’s $62 Million FTC Labor Settlement Is a Bigger Deal Than the Bezos News|Abby Vesoulis|February 4, 2021|Time

The 2021 baseball season will continue as scheduled, but this exchange does not bode well for negotiations over the next collective bargaining agreement, after the current CBA expires in December.
Just A Quarterback Away From Greatness|Sarah Shachat|February 2, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Until recently, the hacker collective known as Lizard Squad was all but unknown.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A resolute push for quite a short period now might reconstruct the entire basis of our collective human life.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Under the present order and with the present gloomy preconceptions they have been the least of its collective cares.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
This can be done, as with the minimum wage, partly by positive legislation and partly collective action.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
This act is performed by the Christian church in a collective ecclesiastical capacity.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
I can find no authority for making it a collective noun, as Bell suggests.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for collective bargaining

collective bargaining

noun

negotiation between one or more trade unions and one or more employers or an employers' organization on the incomes and working conditions of the employees

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for collective bargaining

collective bargaining

Negotiations by representatives of a group of employees, often a labor union, pertaining to conditions of employment, such as wages and working conditions.

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