collective agreement
Negotiated labor terms
A collective agreement is a contract negotiated between an employer and a labor union representing workers, setting terms for wages, hours, benefits, and working conditions.
Unlike individual employment contracts, collective agreements cover all workers in the bargaining unit: The collective agreement guaranteed annual raises and overtime pay.
Also called a collective bargaining agreement.
Joining into one
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- workersPeople doing jobs
- solidarityUnity among allies
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
grievance · labor rights · trade union · industrial action · shop steward · labor law · labor dispute · walkout
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- unionJoining into one
- clauseProvision in agreement
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
terms · conditions · employment · benefits · wages · provisions · duties · obligations
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- talksSpeaks with others
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
dialogue · compromise · representatives · management · deadlock · stalemate · concessions · negotiators
Complete group agreement
- accordHarmony between parties
- solidarityUnity among allies
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- cohesionTendency to bind together
concurrence · assent · ratification · affirmation · unity · mutual understanding · common ground · buy-in
union
Joining into one
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- workersPeople doing jobs
- solidarityUnity among allies
picketing · grievance · labor rights · trade union · industrial action · shop steward · labor law · labor dispute · walkout · lockout
bargaining
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- unionJoining into one
- clauseProvision in agreement
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
arbitration · terms · conditions · employment · benefits · wages · provisions · duties · obligations · entitlements
bargaining
Negotiating mutually acceptable terms
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- talksSpeaks with others
conciliation · dialogue · compromise · representatives · management · deadlock · stalemate · concessions · negotiators · proposal
unanimity
Complete group agreement
- accordHarmony between parties
- solidarityUnity among allies
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
cohesion · concurrence · assent · ratification · affirmation · unity · mutual understanding · common ground · buy-in · stakeholders
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
- employment termslabor contract, salary, employment terms, internship, contract terms
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, union elections, bargaining, labor negotiations
- labor unionsunion dues, trade union, union membership, labor union, union shops
- Social Contractsocial contract, consent of governed, state of nature, natural rights, legitimate authority
collective agreementat-will employment
Job without guaranteed duration
collective agreementopen shop
Workplace without mandatory union membership
collective agreementlabor dispute
Worker-employer disagreement
strike · lockout · impasse · work stoppage · industrial action
agreement, collection, collected, collective, collector, recollect, collections, collectively, collectors