collective bargaining

[kə′lek·tiv ′bär·gən·iŋ]

(industrial engineering)

The negotiation for mutual agreement in the settlement of a labor contract between an employer or his representatives and a labor union or its representatives.

collective bargaining

the negotiations about terms and conditions of employment which take place between an employer, or an employers association, and one or more TRADE UNIONS. Sociological interest in collective bargaining has involved, for example, consideration of the implications it has for the structure, aims and accomplishments of trade unions, the relations between managers and employees, and the dynamics of capitalist society; an underlying theme being the extent to which it is associated with the institutionalization of conflict and, relatedly, the separation of economic and political issues (see POSTCAPITALISM, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS).

Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000

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