The Collective Bargaining Process
Learning Objective 5
Discuss the main steps in the collective bargaining process.
What Is Collective Bargaining?
When and if the union is recognized as a company’s employees’ representative, a day is set for bargaining. Representatives of management and the union meet to negotiate a labor contract that contains agreements on specific provisions covering wages, hours, and working conditions.
What exactly is collective bargaining? According to the Wagner Act:
For the purpose of (this act) to bargain collectively is the performance of the mutual obligation of the employer and the representative of the employees to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and terms and ...
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