union talks
Collective bargaining sessions
Union talks are negotiations between a labor union and an employer over wages, benefits, working conditions, or other terms of employment.
The phrase typically appears in news coverage of ongoing or upcoming negotiations: Union talks broke down after management rejected the latest proposal.
When talks fail, strikes often follow.
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- good faithSincere, honest intent
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
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- negotiationsbargaining, offer, counteroffer, counter offer, compromise
- labor negotiationswage negotiations, wage disputes, collective bargaining, wage increases, labor contracts
- labor unionsAFL-CIO, Teamsters, locals, shop steward, stewards
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, bargaining, labor negotiations
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, strike action, coal strike
union talksstrike
Forceful impact or stoppage
walkout · work stoppage · industrial action · labor strike · picket line
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