national agreement
noun
written formal agreements covering rates of pay and other terms and conditions of employment that are the result of collective bargaining at national level between one or more trade unions and employers in a sector of the economy
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How to use national agreement in a sentence
In 1906 the employing lithographers discontinued their national agreement with the lithographers' union.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanAll orders in the State were comprehended in this national agreement.
The Eighteen Christian Centuries | James WhiteTrue it is that even in these branches of railroad service the unreasoning form of national agreement has crept in.
Our Railroads To-Morrow | Edward Hungerford
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