Meanings
nouncollective bargaining (uncountable)
- uncountableA method of negotiation in which employees negotiate as a group with their employers, usually via a trade union.
Educators in a Washington state school district went on strike Friday because the teachers’ union and the Ridgefield School District (RSD) remain at loggerheads following months of collective bargaining negotiations.
2022 September 9, Paradise Afshar, “Washington state school district goes on strike”, in CNN
Origin
Coined by Beatrice Webb in 1891.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Tarifverhandlungen
- Tarifverhandlungentrade unions: negotiation emplyee/emplyer
Icelandic almennir kjarasamningar
- almennir kjarasamningartrade unions: negotiation emplyee/emplyer
Swedish kollektivförhandling, kollektivavtal
- kollektivförhandlingtrade unions: negotiation emplyee/emplyer
- kollektivavtaltrade unions: negotiation emplyee/emplyer
Tagalog kolektibong tawaran
- kolektibong tawarantrade unions: negotiation emplyee/emplyer
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