collective bargaining
noun
: negotiation between an employer and a labor union usually on wages, hours, and working conditions
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The next round of collective bargaining is scheduled for September.
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However, under the complex set of MLB collective bargaining agreement rules governing the international signing process, the Blue Jays' maximum pool cash total is $10,018, 560.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The league can reevaluate its current 11-year, $2.2 billion media rights deal after 2028, CNBC previously reported, and the WNBA players union opted out of its current collective bargaining agreement in October.
—Russell Leung, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
The tickets are guaranteed by the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, and are not allowed to be sold.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Still, workers at Google’s Pittsburgh contractor HCL unionized in 2021, the Bethesda Game Studios workers voted to join the Communications Workers of America union, and Code for America reached a collective bargaining agreement with its union, CfA Workers United in 2023.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The league can reevaluate its current 11-year, $2.2 billion media rights deal after 2028, CNBC previously reported, and the WNBA players union opted out of its current collective bargaining agreement in October.
—Russell Leung, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
The tickets are guaranteed by the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, and are not allowed to be sold.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Still, workers at Google’s Pittsburgh contractor HCL unionized in 2021, the Bethesda Game Studios workers voted to join the Communications Workers of America union, and Code for America reached a collective bargaining agreement with its union, CfA Workers United in 2023.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Collective bargaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collective%20bargaining. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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