When a trade union engages in collective bargaining, it has talks with an employer about its members' pay and working conditions.
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collective bargaining in British English
noun
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 in American English
negotiation between organized workers and their employer or employers for reaching an agreement on wages, fringe benefits, hours, and working conditions
Examples of 'collective bargaining' in a sentence
collective bargaining
How have multinational collective bargaining efforts worked?
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