How to Use collective bargaining in a Sentence

collective bargaining

noun
  • The next round of collective bargaining is scheduled for September.
  • The union claimed that once he was added to the list, the rankings fell within collective bargaining.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2022
  • As part of the new collective bargaining agreement, the union and the owners agreed to expand the postseason field from 10 teams to 12.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The league and players’ union need to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The company and the union have not met for any collective bargaining sessions since the return to work.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The league and its players recently agreed to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, which will keep labor peace in the NWSL through the end of the decade.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Terms were not disclosed, but the new collective bargaining agreement allows teams to sign picks to three- or four-year deals.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2023
  • In 2022, the sides agreed to collective bargaining agreements that pay both teams equally.
    CBS News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • When the first week of the season was postponed for MLB and the player’s union to complete the collective bargaining agreement, a three-game series against the Rockies was moved to the end of the slate.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • When the team has to travel, more day games will need to make their way into the A’s schedule, as required by the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
    Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 19 July 2024
  • In those leagues, players have agreed to receive that share of the revenue by way of collective bargaining agreements.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 24 May 2024
  • Notably, the terms of the agreement must be governed by a collective bargaining agreement.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In Sweden, two-thirds of working adults belong to a union, and around 90% work in places with collective bargaining agreements.
    Jonas Ekblom, Fortune Europe, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The win kept the men's team alive, and due to a new collective bargaining agreement, the women's team will also benefit from the victory.
    Christopher Brito, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Biden praised the deal after it was reached in July and emphasized the power of collective bargaining.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Earlier this year, the company agreed to work with one of its main unions to try to reach a collective bargaining agreement.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The next step for the union is to engage in collective bargaining negotiations with the studio to draft a union contract.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The league's collective bargaining agreement was set to expire in 2026.
    Tim Baysinger, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • That travel time counted against the hours teams are allowed to practice and meet under terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • In Pennsylvania, Democrats have passed bills in the state House to raise the minimum wage and enshrine the right to collective bargaining in the state constitution.
    Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • As part of March’s new collective bargaining agreement, MLB assigns its top six draft picks via lottery.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 2022
  • So the league on Wednesday exercised its right to appeal, per the collective bargaining agreement.
    Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Su, who has relationships with both sides in the ports dispute, was able to help break a yearlong stalemate on a collective bargaining agreement.
    Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
  • The structure of contracts for first-round picks are largely pre-determined by the collective bargaining agreement.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2024
  • This will be a substantive issue in the new collective bargaining agreement.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Under the collective bargaining agreement that went into effect in 2020, the county must keep the union apprised of all public records requests for dash- and body-cam footage and give it a chance to object.
    Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Unions that do not submit the 30% signatures or that fail the ensuing election lose their collective bargaining rights.
    Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • On Tuesday, Alexandria’s City Council agreed to fund the first collective bargaining agreement since a 1977 state supreme court ruling banned those union contracts.
    Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The unions have had ample opportunity for collective bargaining, and the agreement includes a 24% pay raise over five years.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The two sides reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement Saturday.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023

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