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

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.

From 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.

From ProPublica

That measure is included in the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the NFLPA completed last year.

From Washington Post

Besides matters of pay, a union can require workplace safety standards through a collective bargaining agreement.

From 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.

From FiveThirtyEight

To the contrary, she said, she did not necessarily believe that collective bargaining needed to be reformed.

From The Daily Beast

But collective bargaining has always been a harder sell than a solo thrift-store-to-YSL story.

From The Daily Beast

Unlike me, she still supports public sector collective bargaining.

From The Daily Beast

The NCAA wants to kill collective bargaining for “student-athletes” in the crib before its lucrative business model get sacked.

From The Daily Beast

Pension contributions were set by multi-year collective bargaining agreements with each local.

From The Daily Beast

The basic idea of the trade agreement is that of collective bargaining rather than arbitration.

From Project Gutenberg

The issue upon which the alignment was effected was industrial control and collective bargaining.

From Project Gutenberg

The union that makes contracts or participates in collective bargaining is to be ostracized.

From Project Gutenberg

Collective bargaining enables men to withhold, for a time, something which is of importance to an employer.

From Project Gutenberg

They may be secured in the possession of every advantage which collective bargaining, without violence, can secure.

From Project Gutenberg