productivity bargaining

British

noun

the process of reaching an agreement ( productivity agreement ) through collective bargaining whereby the employees of an organization agree to changes which are intended to improve productivity in return for an increase in pay or other benefits

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In return, they will probably have to agree to some kind of "productivity bargaining" in which wage hikes are tied to worker output.

From Time Magazine Archive

Budget Chief George Shultz has called for the use of "productivity bargaining" in labor negotiations, tying wage boosts more closely to increased gains in output per man-hour.

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