collective bargaining

noun

1. 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.

collective bargaining

noun

1. 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

collective bargaining

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of collective bargaining¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Sure, the collective bargaining agreement is about to expire and negotiations could cripple the league’s extraordinary popularity.

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Accordingly, the act’s very purpose was to protect the workers’ collective bargaining rights — their right to unionize and through a union to negotiate wages and working conditions.

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“It raises questions as to the actual motivations. Is it a sincere belief unionization will interfere with the religious education of the school? Or is it to avoid having to engage in collective bargaining?”

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The latest action follows a March order outlawing collective bargaining for a majority of the federal workforce, citing the same justification.

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The hotel did have language in its previous collective bargaining agreement about sidestepping the ordinance’s pay rates, but that agreement expired in June 2023, the complaint states.

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