collective bargaining
noun
: negotiation between an employer and a labor union usually on wages, hours, and working conditions
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The next round of collective bargaining is scheduled for September.
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Under the league’s new collective bargaining agreement, there is no draft, so any additions will be made via free agency or trades once the new league year starts.
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Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Throughout the labor action, workers held firm to their demand for a 40% wage increase and the restoration of their pensions, a benefit that ceased to be available to new workers after being discontinued during a 2014 extension of a 2008 collective bargaining agreement.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
Boeing also agreed to update its ratification bonus to $12,000 to employees under the collective bargaining agreement — up $5,000 from the previous offer — and increase its 401K contributions.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
Tatum’s involvement is made possible by a change in the latest NBA collective bargaining agreement, ratified in April 2023, which allows players to own up to 4% of WNBA franchises.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Throughout the labor action, workers held firm to their demand for a 40% wage increase and the restoration of their pensions, a benefit that ceased to be available to new workers after being discontinued during a 2014 extension of a 2008 collective bargaining agreement.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
Boeing also agreed to update its ratification bonus to $12,000 to employees under the collective bargaining agreement — up $5,000 from the previous offer — and increase its 401K contributions.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
Tatum’s involvement is made possible by a change in the latest NBA collective bargaining agreement, ratified in April 2023, which allows players to own up to 4% of WNBA franchises.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Collective bargaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collective%20bargaining. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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